Friedrich Brentel (1580–1651) was a German printmaker in

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and

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, and miniature painter. He was born in

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and became a citizen of

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in 1601. His principal work is a set of plates for ''The Funeral of

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'' and the

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of his son as the new duke, published at Nancy in 1611. They are from the designs of Claude de La Ruelle and Jean La Hire, and are etched in a slight, spirited manner. One plate has a single horse and rider, out of a large group in a procession, done in a very different style, which is thought to be the first venture into etching of the Nancy court painter

Jacques Bellange Jacques Bellange (c. 1575–1616) was an artist and printmaker from the Duchy of Lorraine (then independent but now part of France) whose etchings and some drawings are his only securely identified works today. They are among the most striking Nor ...

, now known mainly for his prints. Other notable plates of his are a ''View of the large Hall at Stuttgart'' (1619) and ''John Frederick I., Elector of Saxony'' (1609). The prints of Brentel are etched with a very light point; and his

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is found on a series of landscapes ornamented with historical subjects and rich borders, and bearing the dates 1617 and 1619. There are proofs of these borders without the landscapes and figures. Brentel died in Strasbourg in 1651.

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* 17th-century German painters German male painters 17th-century German engravers 1580 births 1651 deaths {{Germany-artist-stub