Cardinal Albrecht of Brandenburg - The Large Plate

Albrecht Dürer

Cleveland Museum of Art

Black and white portrait of a man; head and torso; facing right; wearing a large hat; robe with large collar; shield with a cross and lions behind right shoulder; text at top and bottom. Man has short hair; serious expression; light and dark shading. Top text reads 'M D XXXIII Sic oculos sic ille genas sic ora ferebat Anno etatis sue xxxiii'. Bottom text reads 'Al bertvs mi di sa sancte romane e cclae ti san chrysogoni pbr cardinalis magvn ac magde archieps elector impe primas admini halber marchi brandenbvrgensis'.