La Façade de l'Eglise Saint Laurent à Florence (The Facade of San Lorenzo in Florence)

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JACQUES CALLOT (1592-1635)
La Façade de l'Eglise Saint Laurent à Florence (The Facade of San Lorenzo in Florence)
etching, 1612, on laid paper, without watermark, a very good, tonal impression of this rare print, printing with inky plate edges, from the Essequie della Sacra Cattolica e Real Maesta di Margherita d’Austria Regina di Spagna ('The Funeral Book of the Queen of Spain'), published by Bartolomeo Sermàtelli, Florence, 1612, with letter-press text verso, with margins, in good condition; together with The Facade of San Lorenzo in Florence by Stefano della Bella (1610-1664), etching, circa 1648, on laid paper, without watermark, a fine, tonal impression of the second, final state, published to record the funerary ceremonies and decorations for the death of Emperor Ferdinand II in 1637, with thread margins or trimmed on the platemark, in good condition
Plate 175 x 232 mm., Sheet 214 x 305 mm. (Callot)
Plate 242 x 214 mm., Sheet 244 x 215 mm. (Bella)
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Provenance

With C. & J. Goodfriend, New York. (Callot)
With Jan Johnson, Montreal. (Bella)
Acquired from the above, respectively, in 1991; then by descent to the present owner.

Literature

Lieure 53 (Callot)
De Vesme/Massar 75 (Bella)

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Lot Essay

It is interesting to compare the funerary decorations of the same church in Florence for two different occasions, respectively the ceremonies relating to the death of two Habsburg rulers, Margaret of Austria, Queen of Spain and Portugal (1584-1611) and the death of Emperor Ferdinand II (1578-1637). Both Cosimo II and Ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand-Dukes of Tuscany, felt compelled or obliged to mark these events with elaborate ceremonies in their city, far away from the Imperial capital.

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