File:Kaiser Matthias im Krönungsornat c1612.jpg

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Description	English: Portrait of Matthias, Holy Roman Emperor (1552–1619), full-length, wearing the Imperial coronation robes and the Imperial Crown, holding a sword, behind the Eagle with the Imperial Orb, the Imperial Sceptre and the shields of Hungary and Bohemia, oil on canvas, 151 x 100.5 cm The inscription in the lower part of the painting refers to the identity of the sitter: MATTHIAS I MAXIMILIANI 2 IMPERATORIS FILIUS NATUS ANNO 1557 24 / FEBRUARV IN IMPERATOREM ELECTUS ANNO 1612 EIUS FELICISSIMUM / (IMPER)IUM (DE)US OPTIMUS MAXIMUS SUAM [sic] DIUTISSIME SECUND(ET). There is an inventory number 71, lower right. Provenance: Private collection, Germany Exhibited: Pfreimd, Schloss Pfreimd, 400 Jahre Kaiserbesuch in Pfreimd 1612–2012, 7 July – 15 July 2012; Linz, Schlossmuseum, Des Kaisers Kulturhauptstadt – Linz um 1600, 16 May – 26 August 2012; Wittstock, Kreismuseen Alte Bischofsburg, on loan between September – December 2013; Schmalkalden, Museum Schloss Wilhelmsburg, Der Dreißigjährige Krieg aus der Perspektive von unten, 9 December 2013 – 1 February 2014; Cologne, Kölnisches Stadtmuseum, Köln in unheiligen Zeiten. Die Stadt im Dreißigjährigen Krieg, 14 June – 5 October 2014 Literature: H. Friedl, Matthias oder Ferdinand II? Gedanken zum Leitbild der Ausstellung. 400 Jahre Kaiserbesuch in Pfreimd 1612–2012, in: Der Stadtturm. Heimatkundlicher und Historischer Arbeitskreis Pfreimd e.V., 2013, pp. 39–47, no. 29; T. Fusenig, Eine Darstellung von Kaiser Matthias im deutschen Krönungsornat, in: Studia Rudolphina, 17–18, 2018, pp. 85–94, illustrated (as After Hans von Aachen)
Date	circa 1612 date QS:P,+1612-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Source	Dorotheum: Info about artwork
Author	Unknown authorUnknown author

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current	18:27, 5 April 2025		3,386 × 5,000 (3.53 MB)	Anvilaquarius	{{Information \|Description={{en\|Portrait of Matthias, Holy Roman Emperor (1552–1619), full-length, wearing the Imperial coronation robes and the Imperial Crown, holding a sword, behind the Eagle with the Imperial Orb, the Imperial Sceptre and the shields of Hungary and Bohemia, oil on canvas, 151 x 100.5 cm The inscription in the lower part of the painting refers to the identity of the sitter: MATTHIAS I MAXIMILIANI 2 IMPERATORIS FILIUS NATUS ANNO 1557 24 / FEBRUARV IN IMPERATOREM ELECTUS AN...