Issue of the XVIII century. Half-length portrait of Maximilian I facing slightly to the left, face in three-quarter view; he wears a broad trimmed hat and the necklace of the Order of the Golden Fleece; in his right hand he holds a rolled note; his left fingers rest on the balustrade behind which he stands; a cloth with the imperial eagle is draped over the balustrade
'Dürer and his Legacy' BM exh. cat. 2002, no. 189:
'This posthumous portrait of the Holy Roman Emperor, who died in 1519, is a direct interpretation of Dürer’s woodcut, 'Emperor Maximilian I' of c.1518 (cat. no 267)
D.V.91.172; B.VII.432.172