Albrecht Achilles

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Artist

Name:: Menzel, Adolph von
Dates:: 1815-1905
Country:: Germany

Illustration

Subject:: Narratives
Technique:: Wood Engraving
Engraver:: Unzelmann, Friedrich Ludwig
Format:: Landscape (wider)
Source:: Robarts Library, the Internet Archive

Book

Title:: Die Werke Friedrichs des Großen, vol. 1
Author:: Volz, Gustav Berthold
Publisher:: Berlin: Reimar Hobbing, 1913
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Description:

A knight in medieval armor fights a group of assailants armed with halberds using his sword and shield.
Albert III (1414-1486), also known as Albert Achilles, was elector of Brandenburg. He belonged to the same family as Frederick the Great: the house of Hohenzollern.

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