The running of the Quintana and the breaking of the spears (Zu der Quintana rennen und Spiess brechen), from a series depicting the wedding of Wolfgang Wilhelm, Duke of Pfalz-Neuberg, Pfalzgraf, and Magdalena, Duchess of Bavaria, in Munich, 1613 (Plate 10)

Publisher Wilhelm Peter Zimmermann German

1614

Not on view

In this scene, mounted nobles participate in a race around a fountain while the newly married couple and their family members watch from windows above. The participants are given spears (center, left), and they break them upon passing a seated costumed figure at upper left. This etching is one of 11 etched illustrations from a book containing a description of the wedding festivities. The marriage of Wolfgang Wilhelm, Duke of Pfalz-Neuberg, Pfalzgraf (1578–1658) to Magdalena, Duchess of Bavaria (1587–1628), took place in Munich on November 12, 1613, and the commemorative book was published by Wilehlm Peter Zimmermann in 1614 in Augsburg. Plates 4, 7, and 10 are in the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

From: Beschreibung und kurtze Radierte entwerffung der Füsrtlichen Hochzeit/ So Der Durchleuchtig/ und Hochgeborn Fürst und Herr/ Herr Wolffgang Wilhelm/ Pfalzgraff bey Rhein/ Hertzog in Bayrn... Mit.. Fürstin Fraw Magdalena/ Pfalzgräfin bey Rhein/ Hertzogin in Obern und Nidern Bayrn. Zu München/ im sechszehenhunfert und dreyzehenden Jahr/ den zwölfften Novembris Celebriert und gehalten (Wilhelm Peter Zimmermann, Augsburg, 1614)

See: Herzog August Bibliothek, Wolfenbuttel, for a fully digitized copy of the book.

Artwork Details

Title: The running of the Quintana and the breaking of the spears (Zu der Quintana rennen und Spiess brechen), from a series depicting the wedding of Wolfgang Wilhelm, Duke of Pfalz-Neuberg, Pfalzgraf, and Magdalena, Duchess of Bavaria, in Munich, 1613 (Plate 10)
Publisher: Wilhelm Peter Zimmermann (German, active Augsburg from 1589, died ca. 1630)
Published in: Augsburg
Date: 1614
Medium: Etching
Dimensions: Sheet (Trimmed to plate): 8 7/8 × 11 15/16 in. (22.5 × 30.4 cm)
Classifications: Prints, Prints-Fete, Ornament & Architecture
Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1953
Object Number: 53.601.150
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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