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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
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
Etchings, from a set of plates, unbound, and engravings from a set of engraved plates, unbound
Credit Line
Gift of Rose-Marie and Eijk van Otterloo
Accession Number2010.1366.1-110
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Wüthrich, M. Merian, vol. 1, no. 32—45
DescriptionA five part series of prints on the funeral of Duke Charles III of Lorraine and the succession of his son, Henri II. Both took place in Nancy in 1608. The series of 80 some etchings and letterpress descriptions was completed in 1611 and distributed to many European courts as a statement of the power of the Duchy of Lorraine.
Although Friedrich Brentel was the primary printmaker, he was assisted by the young Mattheus Merian and H. Wüthrich's cat. rais. for Merian has the most complete catalogue of the set. It is mentioned briefly in Hollstein German cat. for Brentel (vol. 4, p. 154, nos 24-97.)
Has a sheet with description printed in letterpress.
Although Friedrich Brentel was the primary printmaker, he was assisted by the young Mattheus Merian and H. Wüthrich's cat. rais. for Merian has the most complete catalogue of the set. It is mentioned briefly in Hollstein German cat. for Brentel (vol. 4, p. 154, nos 24-97.)
Has a sheet with description printed in letterpress.
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)