Title
Pope Pius II and the Emperor Frederick III seated on one throne
1493
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Details
- Date
- 1493
- Media category
- Materials used
- woodcut
- Dimensions
- 23.5 x 22.9 cm sheet
- Signature & date
Not signed. Not dated.
- Credit
- Purchased 1937
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 6451
- Copyright
- Artist information
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Michael Wolgemut
Works in the collection
- Artist information
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Wilhelm Pleydenwurff
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About
Michael Wolgemut or Wilhelm Pleydenwurff
From the 'Nuremberg Chronicle' ('Liber cronicarum'), published by Anton Koberger, Nuremberg 1493
A diplomat and man of letters, Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini (later Pope Pius II) entered the court of Frederick III in Vienna in 1440 where he was made imperial poet laureate. He became a bishop in 1447 and was elected pope in 1458. He negotiated Frederick’s marriage with Princess Eleonore of Portugal and accompanied him to Rome for his coronation as Holy Roman Emperor in1452. The expressions of the figures and the heavy angular drapery reflect the influence of Martin Schongauer, whose prints in the International Gothic style were frequently imitated in the late 15th century.
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Exhibition history
Shown in 3 exhibitions
German Old Master Prints, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 03 Mar 1998–16 Jun 1998
Old Europe: Prints & drawings from the collection 1500-1800, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 03 Jun 2006–06 Aug 2006
European prints and drawings 1500-1900, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 30 Aug 2014–02 Nov 2014
