1721 Copper Engraving Portrait Johann Schweikhard Von Kronburg Archbishop EUM2

This is an original 1721 black and white copper engraving of "Johann Schweickhard Churfürst von Maintz." This is a portrait of Johann Schweikhard von Kronberg, Archbishop-Elector of Mainz from 1604 to 1626. He was the son of Hartmut XIII von Kronburg, administrator for the Archbishopric of Mainz and Barbara von Sickingen. The Archbishops of Mainz were Arch Chancellors of the Holy Roman Empire and the most important of the seven Electors of the German Emperor. Traditionally, the Archbishops of Mainz were primas germaniae, a title of honor for the most important Catholic Bishop in Germany; they were the substitutes for the Pope north of the Alps. The portrait is surrounded by a wonderful decorative motif featuring the Oldest Electoral Hat, signifying the subject as a Prince-Elector, or simply Elector, a member of the electoral college of the Holy Roman Empire. These individuals had the function of electing the Roman King or, from the middle of the sixteenth century onwards, directl