Abstract

The etching below shows the pope at the top of a multi-tiered throne. The king and the secular estates appear on the right, and the emperor and the ecclesiastical estates appear on the left.

Allegory of the Imperial Estates (late 16th or early 17th century)

Gerhard Altzenbach

Source

Source: Gerhard Altzenbach. Allegorical depiction of the order of the estates in Germany in the 17th century. Copperplate engraving, ca. 1650.
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Recommended Citation

Allegory of the Imperial Estates (late 16th or early 17th century), published in: German History in Documents and Images, <https://germanhistorydocs.org/en/from-the-reformations-to-the-thirty-years-war-1500-1648/ghdi:image-3274> [March 27, 2025].