Statue of the Widukind. Germany. 1841.
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Statue of the Widukind sculpted after his Tomb in Paderborn. Germany. 1841.
Print of steel engraving titled „Vitikind d apres la Statue sculptee sur son Tombeau a Paderborn.
Author unknown.
Engraved by Maneeau.
From „Historia de la Alemania por M. Ph. Le Bas. Traducida al castellano por Una sociedad literaria. Tomo primero. Barcelona. Imprenta del nacional. 1841.
Widukind (Modern German: Widuking or Wittekind) was a Germanic leader of the Saxons and the chief opponent of the Frankish king Charlemagne during the Saxon Wars from 777 to 785. Charlemagne ultimately prevailed, organized Saxony as a Frankish province and ordered conversions of the pagan Saxons to Roman Catholicism. In later times, Widukind became a symbol of Saxon independence and a figure of legend.
Approx. image size 13, 8 x 9/20, 3 x 12, 9 cm.
Print of steel engraving titled „Vitikind d apres la Statue sculptee sur son Tombeau a Paderborn.
Author unknown.
Engraved by Maneeau.
From „Historia de la Alemania por M. Ph. Le Bas. Traducida al castellano por Una sociedad literaria. Tomo primero. Barcelona. Imprenta del nacional. 1841.
Widukind (Modern German: Widuking or Wittekind) was a Germanic leader of the Saxons and the chief opponent of the Frankish king Charlemagne during the Saxon Wars from 777 to 785. Charlemagne ultimately prevailed, organized Saxony as a Frankish province and ordered conversions of the pagan Saxons to Roman Catholicism. In later times, Widukind became a symbol of Saxon independence and a figure of legend.
Approx. image size 13, 8 x 9/20, 3 x 12, 9 cm.
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Statue of the Widukind. Germany. 1841.
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