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Engraved by Charles-Nicolas Cochin the younger
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English: Bound Print, Pompe funèbre de Marie Thérèse d’Espagne Dauphine de France, en l’église de l’abbaye royale de St. Denis le V septembre M.D.CCXLVI (Funeral of Marie Thérèse of Spain, Dauphine of France, in the church of the royal abbey of St. Denis, September 5, 1746), 1756
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English: Interior view of the church of St. Denis during the funeral ceremony for Marie Thérèse of Spain. Highly decorated interior with vaulted ceilings, stained-glass windows, candelabra, and drapery. On a mezzanine level, large arched niches similar to opera boxes full of seated figures. At the center of each arch, a large ornamented escutcheon surmounted by a crown. At the ground level, crowds of figures sit and stand for the service. An ornate baldachin at right, the columns of which are decorated with many candelabra. At the center of the baldachin is a hanging shroud, below which is a skull and a cross. Above the baldachin, a large hanging canopy, the fabric of which is decorated with a pattern of fleurs de lys.
Date 1756
date QS:P571,+1756-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium etching and engraving on paper
institution QS:P195,Q1129820
Current location
Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design
Accession number
1921-6-205-9
Credit line Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
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  • Type: Bound print
  • Inscribed: Printed in plate, lower center: POMPE FUNEBRE DE MARIE THERESE D’ESPAGNE DAUPHINE DE FRANCE, EN L’EGLISE DE L’ABBAYE ROYALE DE ST. DENIS / LE V. SEPTEMBRE M.D. CCXLVI. / Cette Pompe ordonnée par M. Le Duc d’Aumont, Pair de France, Premier Gentilhomme de la Chambre du ROY / a été conduitte par M. Le Noir de Cindre, / Intendant et Controlleur Genéral de l’Argenterie, Menus Plaisirs et affaires de la Chambre de SA MAJESTÉ.
  • Country: France
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