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Object Type
print
Museum number
Y,7.5
Description
Mausoleum for Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne, vicomte de Turenne; an oval tower, the battlements bearing armorial shields of all the great families allied with the house of La Tour d'Auvergne, and mounted on a rock between 4 palm-trees with trophies and candles; on top of the tower a sarcophagus surmounted by the figure of Immortality standing on Death and bearing a portrait medallion of Turenne. Engraving
Producer name
Print made by:
Jean Berain
School/style
French
Production date
1675
Materials
paper
Technique
engraving
Dimensions
Height:
420 millimetres
Width:
275 millimetres
(trimmed)
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references
Weigert 1937 / Catalogue de l'oeuvre gravé de Jean I Berain
(213)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
funeral/funerary rite
temporary architecture
Associated names
Associated with:
Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne
Acquisition name
Donated by:
Dorothea, Lady Banks
Previous owner
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Sarah Sophia Banks
Acquisition date
1818
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
Y,7.5