Effigies Gasparis de Coligni D. de Castilione Amir. alij Franciae etc.

by Jost Amman

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Engraved broadside 52.3 x 37.5cm , Some light spotting, large folds on the right and lower right corner, small marginal paper folds, and a few small tears, none affecting image area; five small old repairs to marginal tears on verso of sheet. Etched portrait by Jost Amman of Gaspard de Coligny 1519-1572 , a French national hero and influential Huguenot leader, issued in 1573 in the aftermath of the St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre in August 1572.

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