1721 Copper Engraving Portrait Philippina Welser Ferdinand II Habsburg EUM1 XEIA9 Once the image was scratched

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1721 Copper Engraving Portrait Philippina Welser Ferdinand II Habsburg EUM1 XEIA9 Once the image was scratchedThis is an original 1721 black and white copper engraving of "Philippina Ertz Herzog Ferdiandi in Trol erste Gemahlin." This is a portrait of Philippine Welser, of the Welsers of Augsburg, a wealthy family of merchants and financiers of significance in Europe. Philippine was the first wife of Ferdinand II, Archduke of Austria. They were married in 1557 in secret, as the marriage was morganatic since Wesler was not from a noble or royal family. The