Plate 28: Drummers and trumpet players marching in the funeral procession of Archduke Albert of Austria; from 'Pompa Funebris ... Alberti Pii'
Medium
Etching with hand coloring
Dimensions
Sheet: 11 1/4 × 15 5/16 in. (28.5 × 38.9 cm) Plate: 9 5/8 × 14 13/16 in. (24.5 × 37.6 cm)
Classification
Prints|Prints-Fete
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Harry G. Friedman, 1960
Accession Number
60.708.55
Tags
Art Historical Context
This etching, *Plate 28: Dr and trumpet players marching in funeral procession of Archdu Albert of Austria*, captures vibrant moment from one of the grandest spectacles of 17th Europe. Part of the opulent series *Pompaunebris ... Alberti Pii* (1623), it depicts musicians—drummers and trumpeters—striding solemnly through the streets of Brussels during the 1621 funeral rites for Archduke Albert VII, the Habsburg ruler of the Spanish Netherlands. These ceremonies were monumental displays of power, piety, and pageantry, blending Catholic ritual with imperial splendor to honor a key figure in Count...
About the Artist
Jacques Francquart|Cornelis Galle I (French|French) · 1577 |1577 –1651 |1651
French, Brussels 1577–1651 Brussels|French, Brussels 1577–1651 Brussels