The running of the Quintana and the breaking of the spears (Zu der Quintana rennen und Spiess brechen), from a series depicting the wedding of Wolfgang Wilhelm, Duke of Pfalz-Neuberg, Pfalzgraf, and Magdalena, Duchess of Bavaria, in Munich, 1613 (Plate 10)
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet (Trimmed to plate): 8 7/8 × 11 15/16 in. (22.5 × 30.4 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
53.601.150
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
About the Artist
Wilhelm Peter Zimmermann · 1589–1635
**Wilhelm Peter Zimmermann (active 1589–died ca. 1630) was a German painter, draughtsman, etcher, and publisher based in Augsburg.** He produced a range of prints documenting contemporary events, festivals, architecture, and military scenes during the early seventeenth century. His publishing house issued broadsides and illustrated books, and after his death the establishment passed to Jeremias Wo...