The Inauguration Ceremony in a Theatre Erected on the Place au Vendredi on October 18th

People:

C. Eykens (painter (artist))
Jan Baptist Berterham (etcher)

Title:

The Inauguration Ceremony in a Theatre Erected on the Place au Vendredi on October 18th

Date:

printed between 1717 and 1719

Description:

- To manifest the consolidation of his power over the Low Countries, the Emperor Charles VI of Austria staged triumphal entries for his representative into Brussels and Ghent in 1717. During six days of ceremonies and festivities, the main market place was transformed several times. This print (DR1982:0245), shows the events in the Marché or Place au Vendredi on 18 October. A large temporary "theatre" with a raised loggia and central ædicule, had been erected and embellished with rich tapestries , trophies, statuary, and a portrait of the Emperor. Dwarfing the adjacent buildings, it reflected the heavy, High Baroque style of stage-set then popular.

Form:
works of art

Quantity / Object type:
1 print(s)

Technique and media:

Etching

Dimensions:

plate mark (range): 91,3 x 85,7 to 86,6 cm sheet: 95.50 X 87.30 cm

Reference number:

DR1982:0245

Method of Projection:

perspective drawing
pictorial drawing

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- Second of six large folding prints detached from a book, this printed on three joined sheets. See notes for description of complete work.

Inscription:

imprinted - by the etcher, in the plate below the image, b.: "Representation de la ceremonie solennelle de l'Inauguration de Sa Majesté Imperiale et Catholique CHARLES VI. Empereur des Romains, et III. du nom Roy des Espagnes comme COMTE DE FLANDRES celebrée au grand / Theatre dressé sur la Place au Vendredy [sic] en la Ville de Gand Capitale de la Province le 18. Octobre 1717." signed - by the etcher, in the plate below the image, l.l.: "Jacob Colin Architectus inv.: del: / Imprimé a Gand chez Augustin Graet"; and l.r.: C. Eykens inv. del. / I.B. Berterham sculps. Brux."

Subject:

theatre design

Credit line:
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal

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