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)

Associated Names
Jacques Callot

Artist, French, 1592 - 1635

Antonio Tempesta

Artist, Florentine, 1555 - 1630

Raffaello Schiaminossi

Artist, Italian, 1572 - 1622

Giovanni Altoviti

Author, Italian, active 17th century

Artwork overview

  • 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).

  • Credit Line

    Acquisition funded by a grant from The B.H. Breslauer Foundation, 2013

  • Dimensions

    book: 31.6 × 22 × 1 cm (12 7/16 × 8 11/16 × 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2013.67.4

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Lieure 1924-1927, nos. 52-69

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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


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