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Album with depictions of processions with riders and allegorical figures
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Album with depictions of processions with riders and allegorical figures

Friedrich Brentel · 1618 · letterpress printing; decorated paper; spanish marbled paper; goudopdruk; etching; binding; houtsnede; leather; cardboard; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Album with a title print and 96 etchings on 89 sheets. Some album sheets function as pastedowns. At the back a title page for 36 sheets with text in book type on both sides. The binding comprises a total of 128 sheets. The album contains a series under the title 'Aigentliche wahrhaffte Delineation unnd Abbildung aller fürstlichen Auffzüg und Rütterspilen' or 'Processions and equestrian games' with depictions of musicians, horsemen, costumed and allegorical figures, pageant wagons, and emblems, and cartouches with the names of persons connected to the Duchy of Württemberg. Following the series of prints is a description by Georg Rudolf Weckherlin in honor of the baptism of Ulrich von Württemberg and the marriage between Ludwig Friedrich von Württemberg-Mömpelgard and Elizabeth Magdalena von Hessen-Darmstadt between 13 and 17 July 1617 in Stuttgart.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineAlbum met voorstellingen van optochten met ruiters en allegorische figuren. 1618. Friedrich Brentel. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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