Musicians Playing Clarions, Trumpets, and Horns 1675

Editor: This is "Musicians Playing Clarions, Trumpets, and Horns" by Antoinette Bouzonnet-Stella. It looks like an engraving. What strikes me is the detailed depiction of the musicians and horses. What can you tell me about it? Curator: This print displays a procession, likely drawing from triumphal imagery. The artist's labor, the printing process itself, enables wider distribution. Consider how the material – the engraved plate, the ink, the paper – facilitate the circulation of these images and ideas about power and spectacle. Editor: So the value isn't just in the image, but also the ability to reproduce it? Curator: Precisely. The production allows access to a wider audience and suggests it's not just about artistic skill, but about the mechanics of making art accessible. Thank you for pointing that out.