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Object Type
print
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
Italian
Production date
1686
Production place
Published in:
Rome (city)
Materials
paper
Technique
engraving
Dimensions
Height:
570 millimetres
(platemark; average)
Width:
400 millimetres
$Inscriptions
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
genealogy
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
Purchased from:
Walter Benjamin Tiffin
Acquisition date
1856
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1856,0614.87-94