Skanderbeg / Engraving / Merian
Skanderbeg, born Georg Kastriota; Albanian commander and hero; 1405–1468.
"Scanderbeg's battle with a Tartar swordsman" (1426 at the court of Turkish Sultan Murad II).
Engraving by Matthaeus Merian the Elder
(1593–1650). From: Johann Ludwig Gottfried, Historische Chronica, Frankfurt am Main (M.Merian) 1630, p. 653.
Berlin, Sammlung Archiv für Kunst und Geschichte.
ID
AKG170582ProductionDate
1630EventDate
1426Credit line
akg-imagesCollection
akg-images
Category
Art
Culture and Entertainment
Artist
Matthaeus Merian, the Elder
Museum
Berlin, Sammlung Archiv für Kunst und Geschichte
Technique
Copper Engraving
Graphic Art
Printed Graphics
Time period
16th century
15th century
2nd millennium A.D.
Topic
National Hero
Blood
German Art
Fencing (Sport, Military)
Military Commander
Art
Sports
Scene
Tartars
Sultan
Baroque
Court Society
Illustration
Book Illustration
Martial Arts
Fencer (Male)
Person
Entertainment
Duel
Loincloth
Location
Albania
Person
Murad II.
Scanderbeg
Johann Ludwig Gottfried
Work
Gottfried-Chronik
High
3364 × 2523 (24.3 MB)
28.5 cm × 21.4 cm @ 300 dpi
Lossless
3625 × 2719 (28.2 MB)
30.7 cm × 23.0 cm @ 300 dpi