After a Few Days of Seige with the French Army, Francesco I d'Este Takes Prossession of Mortara, The Last of his Great Victories, from L'Idea di un Principe ed Eroe Cristiano in Francesco I d'Este, di Modena e Reggio Duca VIII [...]
![After a Few Days of Seige with the French Army, Francesco I d'Este Takes Prossession of Mortara, The Last of his Great Victories, from L'Idea di un Principe ed Eroe Cristiano in Francesco I d'Este, di Modena e Reggio Duca VIII [...] by Bartolomeo Fenice (Fénis)|Domenico Gamberti](https://images.artheonmuseum.org/met/dp/thumb/after-a-few-days-of-seige-with-the-french-army-427328.webp)
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 4 13/16 × 6 5/16 in. (12.2 × 16 cm) Plate: 4 3/4 × 6 1/4 in. (12 × 15.8 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959
Accession Number
59.570.331(56)
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Art Historical Context
This etching, titled *After a Few Days of with the French Army, I d'Este Takes of Mortara, The of his Great Victories*, captures a triumphant moment in 17th-century Italian military history. Created in 1659 by printmakers Bartolomeo Fen (also known as Fénis) and Domenico Gamberti, hails from the lavish publication *L'Idea un Principe ed Eroe Cristiano in Francesco I'Este, di Modena Reggio Duca VIII*, heroic tribute to Francesco I Duke of Modena and Reggior. 16291658). The scene the duke claiming Mortara a brief siege alongside French allies, marking his final major amid the turbulent Italian W...
About the Artist
Bartolomeo Fenice (Fénis)|Domenico Gamberti (Italian|Italian) · | – |
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