Pope Clement VIII declaring absolution for Henri IV
| Reference: | S3727 |
| Author | Abraham HOGENBERG |
| Year: | 1595 |
| Measures: | 275 x 215 mm |
€300.00
| Reference: | S3727 |
| Author | Abraham HOGENBERG |
| Year: | 1595 |
| Measures: | 275 x 215 mm |
€300.00
Description
Engraving, 1595, lettered on the column “ROM A1595 23 septeb”, lettered within image with captions detailing place and protagonists. Further lettered with sixteen lines of German verse in four columns in lower margin: 'Als Kunig Heinrich Von Nauerr,.../...Die Engelburch Und gschutz nit Saumn.'
Good example, printed on contemporary laid paper, wide margins, in excellent condition.
Rare engraving depicting, as explained by the caption in German, the various stages of the magnificent ceremony of absolution and blessing of Henry of Navarre, which took place September 17, 1595, presided over by Pope Clement VIII.
As a heretic and Calvinist faith, Henry had been excommunicated by Pope Sixtus V and declared unfit to rule since 1585. Ascended to the throne of France in 1589, Henry was forced to publicly recant Calvinism July 23, 1593, and after a long diplomatic negotiations, Pope Clement VIII decided for his absolution and blessing.
The engraving bears the date September 23, 1595, and not 17 as recorded on official documents. Perhaps the error is due to a confusion with the date of its public abjuration, cited above.
Literature
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Muller 1863-1882 413.84; Hellwig 1983 91.
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Abraham HOGENBERG (fl. 1590 – 1656)
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Engraver and publisher active in Cologne. Born in Cologne; son of Frans. One of six children of Frans's second marriage to Agnes Lomar, all born between 1579 and the year of Frans's death in 1590. Abraham was not yet twenty when he took over the running of his father's workshop, under the direction of his mother. He died in Cologne.
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Literature
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Muller 1863-1882 413.84; Hellwig 1983 91.
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Abraham HOGENBERG (fl. 1590 – 1656)
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Engraver and publisher active in Cologne. Born in Cologne; son of Frans. One of six children of Frans's second marriage to Agnes Lomar, all born between 1579 and the year of Frans's death in 1590. Abraham was not yet twenty when he took over the running of his father's workshop, under the direction of his mother. He died in Cologne.
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