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Les Pompes Funèbres de Charles III, Duc de Lorraine
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The Funeral Ceremonies for Charles III, Duke of Lorraine. Titlepage
Les Pompes Funèbres de Charles III, Duc de Lorraine
Matthäus Merian I (German, 1593–1650)
With: Friedrich Brentel (German (Strasbourg) 1580–1651)
After: Claude de la Ruelle (French, active in 17th century)
With: Friedrich Brentel (German (Strasbourg) 1580–1651)
After: Claude de la Ruelle (French, active in 17th century)
1611
Medium/Technique
Etching, from a set of plates, unbound
Dimensions
Sheet (approximate): 54 x 38 cm (21 1/4 x 14 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Rose-Marie and Eijk van Otterloo
Accession Number2010.1366.1
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Wüthrich, M. Merian, vol. 1, no. 32; also catalogued as No. 2, Part 1, Title. A full discussion of the project is found on pp. 10-18.
DescriptionA448. This five tiered monument contains 18 scenes referring to the life of Charles III. It is surmounted by a profile portrait of the duke and his sarcophagus. This impression lacks the lowest row of five scenes.
Signed
Mathaeus Merian fecit
ProvenanceBetween the 1950s and 1980s, acquired by Samuel Josefowitz, Lausanne, Switzerland and Whitchurch, England; March 19, 2004, sold by Josefowitz to Eijk and Rose-Marie van Otterloo, Marblehead, MA and Naples, FL; 2010, year-end gift of Eijk and Rose-Marie van Otterloo to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 26, 2011)