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Object Type
Museum number: 1856,0614.87-94
Title: Series: Francorum Regum simulacra a Pharamundo ad Ludovicum XIV...
Description: A complete series of eight plates which when joined together form a frieze representing French Kings from Pharamond to Louis XIV; each portrait is contained within a roundel, under which is a cartouche featuring a biography in Latin; plates 1-5 show nine rulers (three rows of three portraits each); plate 6, three rows of three portraits each but with the last two portraits empty; plate 7, six portraits and a dedication to Filippo Colonna; plate 8, six portraits and an address to the reader; the dedication and the address to the reader are both printed from separate plates. 1686 Engraving
Producer name: Print made by: Pietro Vansickleers; Published by: Giovanni Giacomo de' Rossi
School/style
Production date: 1686
Production place: Published in: Rome (city)
Materials
Technique
Dimensions: Height: 570 millimetres (platemark; average); Width: 400 millimetres
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Curator's comments: The portraits derive from the engravings illustrating Jacques de Bie's 'Vrais portraits des rois de France' (Paris: Bie and Rocolet, 1634) and Mezeray's 'Histoire de France depuis Faramond jusqu'au règne de Louis le Juste' (1643-51). See 1874,0613.1669 for comment on the latter.
Location: Not on display
Subjects
Associated names: Associated with: Filippo Colonna, Prince of Sonnino and Galatro (dedicated to); Representation of: Pharamond, King of the Franks; Representation of: Chlodio, King of the Salian Franks; Representation of: Mérovée, King of the Salian Franks; Representation of: Childeric I, king of the Salian Franks; Representation of: Clovis I, King of the Franks; Representation of: Childebert I, King of Paris; Representation of: Clotaire I, King of the Franks; Representation of: Caribert I, King of Paris; Representation of: Chilperic I, King of Soissons; Representation of: Clotaire II, King of the Franks; Representation of: Dagobert I, King of the Franks; Representation of: Clovis II, King of Neustria and Burgundy; Representation of: Clotaire III, King of Neustria; Representation of: Childeric II, King of Austrasia and Neustria; Representation of: Thierry III King of Franks; Representation of: Clovis IV, King of the Franks; Representation of: Childebert IV (Childebert III), King of the Franks; Representation of: Dagobert III, King of the Franks; Representation of: Chilperic II, King of the Franks; Representation of: Thierry IV, King of Franks; Representation of: Childeric III, King of the Franks; Representation of: Pepin the Short, King of the Franks; Representation of: Emperor Charlemagne; Representation of: Louis I the Pious, Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks; Representation of: Charles II the Bald, King of France; Representation of: Louis II, King of France; Representation of: Louis III, King of France; Representation of: Carloman II, King of Western Francia; Representation of: Charles III the Fat, Emperor; Representation of: Eudes, King of Western Francia; Representation of: Charles III the Simple, King of Western Francia and Lotharingia; Representation of: Raoul, Duke of Burgundy and King of Western Francia; Representation of: Louis IV, King of the Franks; Representation of: Lothair, King of West Francia; Representation of: Louis V, King of Western Francia (France); Representation of: Hugues Capet, King of the Franks; Representation of: Robert II, King of the Franks; Representation of: Henri I, King of the Franks; Representation of: Philippe I, King of the Franks; Representation of: Louis VI, King of the Franks; Representation of: Louis VII, King of the Franks; Representation of: Philippe II (Philippe Auguste), King of France; Representation of: Louis VIII, King of France; Representation of: St Louis, King Louis IX of France; Representation of: Philippe III, King of France; Representation of: Philippe IV, King of France; Representation of: Louis X, King of France; Representation of: Philippe V, King of France; Representation of: Charles IV, King of France; Representation of: Philippe VI, King of France; Representation of: Jean II, King of France; Representation of: Charles V, King of France; Representation of: Charles VI, King of France; Representation of: Charles VII, King of France; Representation of: Louis XI, King of France; Representation of: Charles VIII the Affable, King of France; Representation of: Louis XII, King of France; Representation of: François I, King of France; Representation of: Henri II, King of France; Representation of: François II, King of France; Representation of: Charles IX, King of France; Representation of: Henri III, King of France; Representation of: Henri IV, King of France and Navarre; Representation of: Louis XIII, King of France and Navarre; Representation of: Louis XIV, King of France and Navarre
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1856
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1856,0614.87-94

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