King Henry II of France on his deathbed, with members of the royal family and the royal household in attendance. Woodcut by J. Perrissin, ca. 1570.

  • Perrissin, J. (Jean), 1536?-1611?
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[1570?]
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Quarante tableaux, ou Histoires diverses qui sont mémorables touchant les guerres, massacres, et troubles advenus en France en ces dernières années. Le tout recueilly selon le témoignage de ceux qui ont esté en personne, & qui les ont veues, lesquels sont pourtraits à la vérité.
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King Henry II of France on his deathbed, with members of the royal family and the royal household in attendance. Woodcut by J. Perrissin, ca. 1570. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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[Geneva?] : [Jean de Laon?], [1570?]

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1 print : woodcut

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Select images of this work were taken by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum: WT/D/1/20/1/12/17

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Bears Perrissin's monogram: P in a circle (in the base of the table, centre)

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A.P.F. Robert-Dumesnil, Le peintre-graveur français, Paris 1835-1871, vol. VI, pp. 42-69; vol. XI (by G. Duplessis), pp. 256-281
A. Linzeler and J. Adhémar, Inventaire du fonds français; graveurs du seizième siècle, Paris 1932-1935, 1938, vol. 2, pp. 37-53
Philip Benedict, Lawrence M. Bryant, and Kristen B. Neuschel, 'Graphic history: what readers knew and were taught in the Quarante tableaux of Perrissin and Tortorel', French historical studies, 28 (2005), 175-229
Philip Benedict, Graphic history: the "Wars, massacres and troubles" of Tortorel and Perrissin, Geneva 2007

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