1722 Copper Engraving Portrait Don Goncalo Fernandes Cordova Gonzalo EUM5 XGT6 Chicago Loop

Chicago Loop

"The Last of Old Westminster

Photography courtesy of Emil P

Please note the marks in the upper right

000 years and was originally a Phoenician colony

1722 Copper Engraving Portrait Don Goncalo Fernandes Cordova Gonzalo EUM5 XGT6 Chicago LoopThis is an original 1722 black and white copper engraving of "Don Goncalo Fernandes de Cordova," a military commander in the Holy Roman Empire. The portrait is surrounded by a wonderful decorative motif featuring a bold geometric design along the borders and two oppositionally placed sphinxes framing an intriguing, stylized face. This piece is accompanied by the original German biographical text printed on a separate sheet and featuring a decorative