Plate 15: Valets marching in the funeral procession of Archduke Albert of Austria; from 'Pompa Funebris ... Alberti Pii'
Medium
Etching with hand coloring
Dimensions
Sheet: 11 3/16 × 15 7/16 in. (28.4 × 39.2 cm) Plate: 9 15/16 × 14 15/16 in. (25.3 × 38 cm)
Classification
Prints|Prints-Fete
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1960
Accession Number
60.611.10
Tags
Art Historical Context
In the grand tradition of Baroque spectacle, *Plate 15: Valets marching in the funeral procession of Archduke Albert of Austria* captures a poignant moment from one of Europe's most elaborate 17th-century obsequies. Part of Jacques Francquart's monumental series *Pompa Funebris ... Alberti Pii (1623), this etching depicts liveried valets striding solemnly in the 1622 procession honoring Archduke Albert VII (1559–1621), the Habsburg ruler and co-sovereign of the Spanish Netherlands. Albert's death marked the end of an era for Catholic Flanders amid the Eighty Years' War, and the funeral—staged ...
About the Artist
Jacques Francquart|Cornelis Galle I (French|French) · 1577 |1577 –1651 |1651
French, Brussels 1577–1651 Brussels|French, Brussels 1577–1651 Brussels