GERMAN SCHOOL (16TH CENTURY)
Portrait of JJ Gvandschneider, aged 25 with coat of arms
inscribed IOANNES IOACHIMUS GVANDSCHNEIDER NORIBE AET 25 / NUMINIS ARBITRIO - 1596; unidentified collector's mark (L. 477) verso.
engraving on paper
72 x 55 mm (oval); 75 x 123 mm (sheet)

A very rare impression in this form. See The British Museum (Bb,16.1076) for an impression of only the portrait. Joannes Joachim Gvandschneider was born in 1573 and was active as a lawyer in Nuremberg between 1606 and 1644.