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Collection:
Images from the History of Medicine (NLM)
Title:
Obitus Regis Henrici ii huius nominis, Parisiis ad Turriculas die x. Iulii, 1559
Subject (Keyword):
Henry II, King of France, 1519-1559.
Subject (Keyword):
Catherine de Medicis, Queen, consort of Henry II, King of France, 1519-1589.
Subject (Keyword):
Famous Persons
Subject (Keyword):
Accidents
Subject (Keyword):
History, 16th Century
Subject (Genre):
Pictorial Works
Subject (MeSH Term):
Anniversaries and Special Events
Subject (MeSH Term):
Death
Subject (Geographic Name):
France
Publication Information:
[France : s.n., 1559?]
Copyright Statement:
The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain.
Order No.:
A027583
Physical Description:
1 print : woodcut, b&w ; image 38 x 51 cm., on mount 55 x 76 cm.
Image Description:
Subject: Illustration of the death bed of Henry II of France. On July 1, 1559, during a match to celebrate the Peace Treaty of Cateau-Cambrésis with his longtime enemies, the Habsburgs of Austria and to celebrate the marriage of his daughter Elizabeth of Valois to King Philip II of Spain, King Henry's eye was pierced by a sliver that penetrated the brain, from the shattered lance of Gabriel Montgomery, captain of the King's Scottish Guard. The woodcut shows Henry II comatose in a large canopy bed surrounded by family (including a weeping Catherine of Medici) and retainers. At the foot of the bed, royal doctors, including the surgeon Ambroise Paré, are shown working over a table on which sit medicine and other implements of treatment. Through an open window is a view of the continuing joust.
Subject (Person):
Paré, Ambroise, 1510?-1590.
Note (General):
Picture caption: A. Regina plorans. B. Cardinalis Lotharingus. C. Magister equitum siue Connestabilis. D. Cursores excurrétes vnà cum Medicis ac Chirurgis pariter, ex Flandria à Rege Hispaniarum missis. E. Milites conducti, id est, Custodes Regis. F. Medici as Chirurgi.
Note (General):
Title translated: The death of King Henry II ...
Language:
lat
Restrictions on Access:
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Call Number:
PP55600 sol
Record UI:
101447928

Obitus Regis Henrici ii huius nominis, Parisiis ad Turriculas die x. Iulii, 1559

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