LOT 0609 Renaissance Rudolf II, Emperor Document Seal
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1576-1612 AD. A large wax document seal, discoid in plan with one flat ornamented face and gusset to the underside surrounding an inset red wax panel; braided cord looped and passing through the body, with metallic thread ornament; the flat face with outer ring of text in Roman capitals 'RVDOLPH[VS...]MPTOR ' HVNIBOHE . EC .REX . ARCHDVX . AUSTRI . DVX. STE . OPPOL . ET [.]RALIBO . EC' surrounding a seated facing figure with crown, orb and sceptre in a rectangular arch with stylised heraldic shields surrounding; to the reverse, red wax disc with impression comprising a heraldic shield with splayed eagle and legend to the border 'S+ DVCATVVM + OTTOLIT[...]ATNORIS[..]LIC'. 97 grams, 49cm (19 1/4"). From an important private family collection; acquired on the European art market in the 1980s, and thence by descent; accompanied by an academic report by military specialist Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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