Essequie della Sacra Cattolica et real Maesta di Margherita d'Austria Regina di Spagna (The Funeral Book of the Queen of Spain)
1612
Jacques Callot, Antonio Tempesta, Raffaello Schiaminossi, Giovanni Altoviti (author)
Artist, French, 1592 - 1635
Artist, Florentine, 1555 - 1630
Artist, Italian, 1572 - 1622
Author, Italian, active 17th century
Artwork overview
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Medium
bound volume with 29 etched illustrations on laid paper (3 full-page illustrations by Callot and 26 half-page illustrations by Callot, Tempesta, and Schiaminossi).
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Credit Line
Acquisition funded by a grant from The B.H. Breslauer Foundation, 2013
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Dimensions
book: 31.6 × 22 × 1 cm (12 7/16 × 8 11/16 × 3/8 in.)
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Accession Number
2013.67.4
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Catalogue Raisonné
Lieure 1924-1927, nos. 52-69
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Marquis de Melzi (ink stamp on verso of title); William H. Schab; acquired 1965 by Arthur and Charlotte Vershbow, Boston; (sale, Christie's New York, 20 June 2013, no. 432); purchased 2013 by NGA.
Associated Names
Bibliography
1924
Lieure, J. Jacques Callot. 5 vols. Paris: Editions de la Gazette des Beaux Arts, 1924-1927. Reprint. 8 vols. New York: Collectors' Editions, 1969, nos. 52-69.
Inscriptions
by later hands, inside upper cover upper left in black ink: A.4.29; upper right in blue ink: 65-25-14; center in graphite: Vinet 558: "Marguerita (not deciphered) / d'Austria, morte en 1611, etait femme de Philippe III. Ce volume rare... / omis [?] Brunnet" / Pras II, 8; lower center: Marquies de Melzi copy (collectors mark on leaf Ai verso) / ref: Theater Art Medici - Blumenbhal (Dartmouth 1980) no. 45 / Liere 52-69 / National Gallery - Callot - by Diane Russell - item #9; lower cover upper right: 2800/432; lower center: AEVI WS 5008 / DCIB