The Princely Meal (Die Fürstliche Mahlzeit), from a series depicting the wedding of Wolfgang Wilhelm, Duke of Pfalz-Neuberg, Pfalzgraf, and Magdalena, Duchess of Bavaria, in Munich, 1613 (Plate 7)
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet (Trimmed to plate): 8 9/16 × 11 1/2 in. (21.8 × 29.2 cm)
Classification
Prints|Prints-Fete|Ornament & Architecture
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1953
Accession Number
53.601.148
Tags
Art Historical Context
This etching by Wilhelm Peter Zimmermann captures a lavish banquet scene from the 1613 wedding of Wolfgang Wilhelm, Duke of Pfalz-Neuburg, and Magdalena, Duchess of Bavaria, in Munich. Created the following year as Plate 7 in a commemorative series, “The Princely Meal” records the opulent festivities that marked this important dynastic alliance, with crowds of nobles gathered around an elaborate table. Such prints helped spread news of the event far beyond the Bavarian court. Zimmermann worked in etching, a medium well suited to rendering the lively details of architecture, costumes, and anim...