Cenotaphium piis manibus Ferdinandi III. Rom Imp. ... : Caesareis Virtutib. et Symbolis adornatum à Caesareo et Academico Collegio Soc[e]tis Jesu Vienna inter parentales moerores erectum, Die XIII. Junii Anno D[omi]ni MDCLVII

Maichell, J. G. (Johann Georg), Küsel, Melchior, 1626-1683, Küsel, Matthäus, 1629-1681 · 1657 · Augustae Vindel : A Melchior et Matthaeo Küsell, F.F. · 30 pictures

A 1657 Latin funeral monument book, the Cenotaphium for Emperor Ferdinand III, produced in Augsburg by the Küsel brothers and compiled by J. G. Maichell for the Jesuit college in Vienna. Its pictures are symmetrical engraved emblem plates, each with a pair of eagles flanking a laurel wreath, a central allegorical scene and Latin verses below, offering a designer a model for heraldic framing and emblematic composition.

Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor, 1608-1657

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