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An oval engraved portrait of a man in armour with a large ruff, his name and titles in Latin round the frame, a line of music below
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Kryštof Harant of Polžice

Traveller to Jerusalem and Egypt, writer and composer: one of the three lords beheaded in 1621.

Made by
Aegidius Sadeler
Made
1599
Technique
Engraving
Credit
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain (CC0).
The event: The Old Town Square execution →Source ↗

Harant travelled to the Holy Land and Egypt in 1598 and wrote a famous book about the journey. He composed music too: the motto under the portrait is set as a line of notes. He was beheaded on 21 June 1621, one of the three lords.

An oval engraved portrait of a man in armour with a large ruff, his name and titles in Latin round the frame, a line of music below

The Old Town Square execution

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