Category:Prints from L'Idea di un Principe ed Eroe Cristiano in Francesco I d'Este, di Modena e Reggio Duca VIII (1659)

English: Prints from Domenico Gamberti. L'idea di un prencipe et eroe Christiano in Francesco I d'Este di Modona, e Reggio Duca VIII. Generalissimo dell'Arme Reali di Francia in Italia, &c. Effigiata co'profili delle virtu da prencipi suoi maggiori ereditate Rappresentata alla publica luce co'l funerale apparato sposto nelle solenni esequie Dall'Altezza Serenissima di Alfonso IV. Modena: Bartolomeo Soliani, 1659. Gamberti's description of the funeral services held in Modena in 1659 for FRANCESCO I D'ESTE (1610-1658), Duke of Modena and Reggio. The plates illustrate the funeral decorations on the facade of the Sant'Agostino church in Modena, where the funeral ceremony was held, the catafalque, and the view of the decorated interior, as well as important events in life of Francesco d'Este, especially his diplomatic and military successes. The genealogical chart, on 8 double-page plates, shows the history of the d'Este family. Prints are collected in an album of brown boards. Four prints are hinged on each page of the album with a seventeenth- or eighteenth-century inscription pasted beneath the print on the album page. The prints are etched in the manner of Callot and illustrate Francesco I d'Este's virtuous nature as a ruler in battle, in religious matters, and in daily life. Three of the prints are signed by Jean Sauvé, who presumably worked with Bartolomeo Fenis (Fenice) on the execution of the illustrations for this book. There are sixty-seven copper plates and forty-five preparatory drawings in the Museo Civico di Modena.

Reference: Christie's; The MET

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