1670 – G. G. Priorato – Mykolas Kazimieras Pacas

Title:               “MICHELE CASIMIRO PAZZI PALATINO DI VILNA GENERALE DELL’ ARMI DI  LITUANIA. &c.”

​​Description:

Rare and highly detailed copper engraving portrait of Mykolas Kazimieras Pacas.

Michał Kazimierz Pac (1624 – 1682) – Lithuanian Field Hetman in the years 1663–1667 and Grand Hetman of Lithuania in the years 1667–1682. As a hetman he contributed to the expansion of the Lithuanian artillery, but also to the issuance of regulations regulating the internal life of the army, disciplinary and judicial regulations. During his lifetime the Pac family reached the heights of importance, dominating Lithuania and pushing the Radziwiłłs and Sapiehas into the shadow. He founded the Church of St. Peter and Paul in Vilnius , Antakalnis . He was also buried there – according to his will, under the church’s entrance stairs. On the tombstone set into the floor is the inscription Hic iacet peccator (“Here lies a sinner”).

The print comes from Galeazzo Gualdo Priorato’s book “Historia di Leopoldo Cesare, contiene le cose più memorabili succedese in Europa, dal 1656 fino al 1670. Descrizione dal co. Galeazzo Gualdo Priorato…”, engraved by J. A. Böner, published by Johann Baptist Hacque in Vienna, 1670.

Author:                Galeazzo Gualdo Priorato (1606 – 1678)
Sheet size:            18,7 x 26,7 cm
Year:                      1670
Technique:           copper engraving

Condition:
Good condition. Few worm holes present.

This is an original antique map published in 1670 and NOT a modern copy or reprint

On your request I will provide a Certificate of Authenticity