Translated Print Title:
[Marriage Ceremony of Louis XIV, King of France and of Navarre, with the Most Serene Infanta Maria Theresa of Austria, Eldest Daughter of Philip IV, King of Spain, in 1660]
Date(s):
1731
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Cérémonie du mariage de Louis XIV Roi de France et de Navarre avec la Sérénissime Infante Marie Thérèse d'Autriche fille aînée de Philippe IV Roi d'Espagne en MDCLX
A direct sequel to the adjacent print, this engraving represents the wedding ceremony held on June 9, 1660, in the church of Saint-Jean-de-Luz and performed by the bishop of Bayonne. Wearing a royal gown and crown, Maria Theresa is about to be fully assimilated into the French court.
By rendering these two tapestries, Edme Jeaurat continued the work of his famous father-in-law, Sébastien Le Clerc, who fifty years earlier had engraved five scenes from the same series.
Graphic Arts Collection. Acquired by Princeton in 1886 in an exchange with the Bibliothèque nationale (Paris). John S. Pierson, Class of 1840, effected the exchange, recorded by the BN as “Double échangé” no. 907.