Plate with the images of the royal couple, first half of the 17th century, author unknown

The late-Renaissance copper plate was created in the Crown area in the first half of the 19th century. 17th century. Contains a hand-trimmed busted image of Sigismund III Vasa and his wife Anna Habsburżanka. The images are enclosed in oval wreaths made of laurel leaves, supported at the top by a crowned eagle. At the bottom, on the sash, there is an engraved inscription: SIGIS.III. REX. HALF. Sigismund III Vasa (20/06/1566–30/04/1632) was the king of Poland (1587-1632) and Sweden (1592-1599, as Sigismund). In 1592, he married Archduchess Anna née Habsburg, with whom he had a son, Władysław.