Antique Engraving of Wolfgang Wilhelm – Count Palatine of the Rhine, 17th-Century Noble

A rare 17th-century engraved portrait of Wolfgang Wilhelm, Count Palatine of the Rhine and Duke of Jülich, Cleves, and Berg, engraved by the renowned Flemish artist Pieter de Jode II. Wolfgang Wilhelm was a key political and religious figure during the Thirty Years’ War, known for his Catholic conversion and patronage of the arts. This richly detailed engraving shows him in elaborate regalia with a distant view of his dominions in the background. A fine and historically important portrait of German nobility.
Size 10x14 cm