Het Bourgondische huwelijk: Maximiliaan trouwt met Maria van Bourgondië

The Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I, clad in intricate armor and a crown, stands opposite his wife, Mary of Burgundy, against a patterned tapestry. They join hands on a heraldic shield representing the union of their houses, while a second shield topped with the imperial crown rests at the bottom left. A block of German text in Fraktur script describes the Emperor's military campaigns and his conquest of territory.

This print is part of the 'Ehrenpforte' (Triumphal Arch), a massive propaganda project designed by Albrecht Dürer and a circle of humanists including Willibald Pirckheimer and Johannes Stabius. It reflects the Renaissance obsession with genealogy, heraldry, and the revival of Roman imperial imagery, often tied to the Neoplatonic ideal of the 'Universal Monarch.'