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Engraving of the Trumpeters
Georg Christoph Eimmart1672/1686
The Royal Armoury, Sweden
Stockholm, Sweden
The artist David Klöcker Ehrenstrahl was comissioned to make a suite of drawings of King Karl XI's carousel celebrating his ascension to the throne in 1672. Ehrenstrahl's drawings were transferred to copperplate by Christoph Eimmart in Nuremberg and printed. The work, consisting of 63 plates, was published in 1686. Plate 17 depicts the trumpeters signalling the King's approach.
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- Title: Engraving of the Trumpeters
- Creator: Georg Christoph Eimmart
- Date Created: 1672/1686
- Location Created: Nuremberg, Germany
- Subject Keywords: Tournament, Trumpeters, Historicism, Engraving
- Rights: CC BY
- External Link: Livrustkammaren
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