The Princely Meal (Die Fürstliche Mahlzeit), from a series depicting the wedding of Wolfgang Wilhelm, Duke of Pfalz-Neuberg, Pfalzgraf, and Magdalena, Duchess of Bavaria, in Munich, 1613 (Plate 7)

Wilhelm Peter Zimmermann

1614 · Etching · Drawings and Prints

The Princely Meal (Die Fürstliche Mahlzeit), from a series depicting the wedding of Wolfgang Wilhelm, Duke of Pfalz-Neuberg, Pfalzgraf, and Magdalena, Duchess of Bavaria, in Munich, 1613 (Plate 7) — Wilhelm Peter Zimmermann

This print is one of 11 etched illustrations from a book containing a description of the wedding festivities for Wolfgang Wilhelm, Duke of Pfalz-Neuberg, Pfalzgraf (1578–1658) and Magdalena, Duchess of Bavaria (1587–1628). The marriage 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. Book title: 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, Wolfenbüttel, for a fully digitized copy of the book.

Artist: Wilhelm Peter Zimmermann
Date: 1614
Medium: Etching
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1953