The Count of Habsburg

Philipp von Foltz, 1837

This is a drawing of a medieval procession through a wooded landscape. The central figure is an elder riding a horse, dressed in a cloak and holding a staff. The horse is decorated, and other figures on foot… · description from the collection

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Artist: Philipp von Foltz ¹
Date: 1837 ¹
Medium: brown-gray ink and gray wash over graphite on wove paper, on old mount ¹
Original: 4,649 × 2,844 px ¹
License: CC0 (National Gallery of Art Open Access)
Credit: National Gallery of Art, Washington, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

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