HENRI IV, EXHUMÉ c.1800-17

Engraving with etching | 31.2 x 22.0 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 616701

Edme Bovinet (1767-1832)

Description

Engraving with etching of Henri IV, King of France and Navarre. Whole length figure, in death, wrapped in a shroud and shown within an exhumed coffin. The coffin of the King is shown standing up, within a vaulted tomb. With coat of arms and French inscription below. Cut down.

This print depicts the exhumed body of Heni IV, King of France, who was supposedly exhumed in 1793 and posthumously beheaded during the French Revolution.
People involved

Creator(s)

Search the collection Edme Bovinet (1767-1832)
(engraver)

Search the collection Alexis Chataigner (1772-1817)
(engraver)

After?
Search the collection Eustache Hyacinthe Langlois (1777-1837)
(designer)

After
Search the collection Theodore de Joliment (1787-1854)
(artist)

Search the collection Bance Ainé : 214 Rue St Denis, Paris
(publisher)

Subject(s)

Search the collection Henry IV, King of France (1553-1610)
Physical properties

Medium and techniques

Engraving with etching

engraving

Measurements

31.2 x 22.0 cm (sheet of paper)

24.0 x 18.1 cm (image)
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