Les Seize Nielles Du Grand Lustre De La Cathedrale D'Aix-La-Chapelle Executés En MCLXV, Par Ordre de l'Empereur Frédéric Ier et de sa femme l'Impératrice Béatrice de Bourgogne. - Seize Planches tirées à Aix-la-Chapelle sur les gravures originales.
RA Collection: Book
Record number
06/5768
Imprint
Paris: Librairie Tross, Rue Neuve-des-Petits-Champs, no 3, & passage des Deux-Pavillons, no 8. - Impr. de Louis Perrin, à Lyon. -, M D CCC LIX.
Physical Description
[2] f., [16] pl.; 456 mm.
Contents
[T.p.] - Preface (by Edwin Tross) - [Plates].
Responsibility Note
No plate is signed.
Summary Note
The first eight plates show events in the life of Christ: the Annunciation; the Nativity; the Adoration of the magi; the Crucifixion; the myrrh-bearing women at the empty tomb; the Ascension; Pentecost; Christ in majesty. The second eight show eight meritorious deeds.
Binding Note
19th-century half brown morocco, green cloth-covered boards; spine lettered 'Nielles Du Grand Lustre D'Aix-La-Chapelle'.
Christian art and symbolism
Niellos - Inlays - Chandeliers - Metalwork - Church decoration and ornament - Churches - Germany - Nordrhein-Westfalia - Aachen - Palatine Chapel - History - 12th century - Romanesque
Pictorial works - Niello prints - France - 19th century