Frederick IV

About this work

This is a black-and-white portrait of a man dressed in fancy, old-fashioned clothes. He’s wearing a big, ornate coat with patterns, a tall hat with feathers, and a serious expression. Under his arm rests a lion, and behind him looms a skull. The background has a coat of arms and some text in a language that looks like German. The text calls him "Friedrich der Viert" (Frederick the Fourth), a nobleman with big titles. The skull and lion might be symbols—maybe for power or death—but we can’t be sure just from looking. This is an *engraving*, so the artist carved the design into metal. Try searching that technique next.