Ein schöns Lied/ von einer Königin auß Lamparten/ wie grewlich sie jhren Ehegemahel vmb das leben hat gebracht : In des Speten thon
A German broadside ballad printed around 1580, its title stating it tells of a Lombard queen who murdered her husband, sung to a set tune. The woodcut shows a crowned woman in bed reaching toward a helmeted armoured man at the bedside, with a dark interior and a bold black-line outline style a designer could adapt for narrative panels or historical posters.
