Essequie della Sacra Cattolica et real Maesta di Margherita d'Austria Regina di Spagna (The Funeral Book of the Queen of Spain)
1612
Artist, French, 1592 - 1635
Artist, Florentine, 1555 - 1630
Artist, Italian, 1572 - 1622
Author, Italian, active 17th century
Jacques Callot, Antonio Tempesta, Raffaello Schiaminossi, Giovanni Altoviti (author)
Attributed to
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