1721 Copper Engraving Portrait Archduchess Margaret Austria Holy Roman EUM1

This is an original 1721 black and white copper engraving of "Margarita Ertzherzogin zu Österreich." This is a portrait of Archduchess Margaret of Austria, daughter of Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand I and Anne of Bohemia and Hungary and a member of the Habsburg House. Along with her sister Magdalena, Margaret became a nun in Hall in Tirol, a town in the Innsbruck-Land district of Tyrol, Austria. Upon her death in 1567, she was buried in Hall in Tirol. The portrait is surrounded by a beautiful decorative motif mimicking a frame set against a strongly cross-hatched and etched background. The design features a subtly ornate frame upon which the heraldic, two-headed Quarter Eagle sits, drawing back drapery from the portrait and framing the Crown of the Austrian Empire. The drapery flows down the left and right side of the frame, flanking the portrait before meeting a botanical design at the bottom of the image. CONDITIONThis 290+ year old Item is rated Near Mint / Very Fine. Light fox