Author: La Ruelle, Claude de , After; Friedrich Brentel (1580-1651), engraver; Matthäus Merian, (1593-1650), engraver
Title: Poutraict Dela Chapelle Ardante Dressée En la Collégiale Saint-Georges Et En L'église Saint-François. From the Suite: La Pompe Funèbre de Charles III, Duc de Lorraine 1608. First Edition of the Engraving
Description: Nancy: Blaise André, 1608. Engraving with letterpress. 93 x 63cm. Mounted on old linen. Small losses.. From the series of plates detailing the funeral procession of Charles III, as well as the famous locations of the ceremony. This is one of the finest engraved suites of the 17th . It is made up of 64 half-plates describing the convoy accompanying the body of Charles III, with all the details, both diplomatic and religious (the lances are turned towards the ground, the cross towards the Duke, and the bishops' crosses respect protocol and etiquette), 8 double-page spreads depicting the key events of the ceremony inside the Ducal Palace, as well as the duke's coat of arms, and 6 full-page engravings showing the horses, the chapel and His Excellency's bed and death chamber. Charles III de Lorraine (Nancy, February 18, 1543 - Nancy, May 14, 1608) was Duke of Lorraine and Bar. He ruled Lorraine for 63 years. Like his predecessors, he maintained strict neutrality between France and the Empire. In 1572, together with Cardinal Charles de Lorraine (1524-1574), he founded the University of Pont-à-Mousson in 1580. In 1590, he enlarged Nancy, creating from scratch the Ville Neuve, four times larger than the old town, but he failed to establish a bishopric in Nancy, as France, master of the Three Bishoprics, refused the spiritual (and political) independence of the Lorraine duchies. It was also under his reign that Nicolas Rémy officiated, fiercely combating witchcraft. This prince was the benefactor of his people and the legislator of his country; he founded the towns of Clermont-en-Argonne and Stenay, and laid down the plan for the city of Nancy. Charles III died in 1608 at the age of 65. Charles III's funeral pomp was one of the most lavish ceremonies of his time, compared to the coronation of a German emperor or the coronation of a French king. Consultant: Monsieur Philippe HENRY.. References: Berlin 3172s; Brunet IV, 795-6; Vinet 543; L.H. Wüthrich, Das Druckgraphische Werk von Matthaeus Merian D. AE. (Basel 1966) vol. I Blattfolgen no. 2... Claude de la Ruelle (1608-1611 (fl.) Official at the court of Lorraine; councillor-secretary of State to Charles III then of Henri II; in charge of the ceremonies surrounding the funeral of Charles III (1608), and published a narrative account of them, and responsible for organising a set of plates depicting the event as well as the entry of Henri II into Lorraine (1610)...Claude de LA RUELLE, maître des cérémonies du duc Henri II, est l'auteur (il est qualifié à l'époque d'inventor des gravures), avec Jean de La Hière, des dessins de la Pompe funèbre de Charles III (tiré à un millier d'exemplaires) Les planches sur cuivre sont dessinées par le graveur Frédéric Brentel et gravées par Herman de Loye et Mathieu Mérian... Il a aussi dessiné un plan de Nancy en 1611. .
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Title: Poutraict Dela Chapelle Ardante Dressée En la Collégiale Saint-Georges Et En L'église Saint-François. From the Suite: La Pompe Funèbre de Charles III, Duc de Lorraine 1608. First Edition of the Engraving
Description: Nancy: Blaise André, 1608. Engraving with letterpress. 93 x 63cm. Mounted on old linen. Small losses.. From the series of plates detailing the funeral procession of Charles III, as well as the famous locations of the ceremony. This is one of the finest engraved suites of the 17th . It is made up of 64 half-plates describing the convoy accompanying the body of Charles III, with all the details, both diplomatic and religious (the lances are turned towards the ground, the cross towards the Duke, and the bishops' crosses respect protocol and etiquette), 8 double-page spreads depicting the key events of the ceremony inside the Ducal Palace, as well as the duke's coat of arms, and 6 full-page engravings showing the horses, the chapel and His Excellency's bed and death chamber. Charles III de Lorraine (Nancy, February 18, 1543 - Nancy, May 14, 1608) was Duke of Lorraine and Bar. He ruled Lorraine for 63 years. Like his predecessors, he maintained strict neutrality between France and the Empire. In 1572, together with Cardinal Charles de Lorraine (1524-1574), he founded the University of Pont-à-Mousson in 1580. In 1590, he enlarged Nancy, creating from scratch the Ville Neuve, four times larger than the old town, but he failed to establish a bishopric in Nancy, as France, master of the Three Bishoprics, refused the spiritual (and political) independence of the Lorraine duchies. It was also under his reign that Nicolas Rémy officiated, fiercely combating witchcraft. This prince was the benefactor of his people and the legislator of his country; he founded the towns of Clermont-en-Argonne and Stenay, and laid down the plan for the city of Nancy. Charles III died in 1608 at the age of 65. Charles III's funeral pomp was one of the most lavish ceremonies of his time, compared to the coronation of a German emperor or the coronation of a French king. Consultant: Monsieur Philippe HENRY.. References: Berlin 3172s; Brunet IV, 795-6; Vinet 543; L.H. Wüthrich, Das Druckgraphische Werk von Matthaeus Merian D. AE. (Basel 1966) vol. I Blattfolgen no. 2... Claude de la Ruelle (1608-1611 (fl.) Official at the court of Lorraine; councillor-secretary of State to Charles III then of Henri II; in charge of the ceremonies surrounding the funeral of Charles III (1608), and published a narrative account of them, and responsible for organising a set of plates depicting the event as well as the entry of Henri II into Lorraine (1610)...Claude de LA RUELLE, maître des cérémonies du duc Henri II, est l'auteur (il est qualifié à l'époque d'inventor des gravures), avec Jean de La Hière, des dessins de la Pompe funèbre de Charles III (tiré à un millier d'exemplaires) Les planches sur cuivre sont dessinées par le graveur Frédéric Brentel et gravées par Herman de Loye et Mathieu Mérian... Il a aussi dessiné un plan de Nancy en 1611. .
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