Caption

Illustration shows a 17th century French grace-caller, Crieur de Confréries, who was responsible for funeral processions. The figure wears a special cape, capa, which is decorated with religious motifs such as the IHS monogram and the sun. He holds a bundle of flowers while a funeral call bell is attached to his belt, authentic, high-resolution reproduction from a 19th-century original, exact date of depiction unknown, historical

Date

Aug 05, 2026

Credit line

Photo12/ImageBROKER/Sunny Celeste

Reference

BRK26H76_471

Model release

No

Property release

No

License type

Royalty free

Available size

81.7Mb (27.2Mb) / 15.0in x 21.2in / 4496 x 6352 (300dpi)

Keywords

no people black old-fashioned obsolete date fixing history drawing faith religion embellished accurate blossom flower plant funeral sunlight sun classic illustration depiction religious antiquity decorative historic figure flowering french decoration hold decorated mourn procession wear contemporary nostalgia drawn retro bunch belt authentic woodcut special fixed former embellishment nostalgic vintage cloak sketch printing method 17th century replication 19th century Historic illustration Wood engraving burial procession deserted oldfashioned outdated fortification belief ornate precise bloom burial sunshine classical representation ancient times historical piece decorative item mourning pageant Retro style bundle real xylograph especially image attached cape seventeenth century nineteenth century Historical illustration nobody old fashioned antiquated ornamented exact character in flower adorned grief parade realistic woodprint the 1600s reproduction 1900s outmoded out of date caparisoned genuine replica copy dates fixings drawings religions blossoms flowers plants funerals illustrations depictions Altertum decoratively figures decorations holding processions wearing bunches belts woodcuts formerly embellishments printing methods 17th-century 19th-century Historic illustrations ornated blooms classically historically pieces blooming decorative items pageants bundles images capes Historical illustrations blossoming replicas no one on black sun lights depicting historical image history image history images figurine decor holds decorates mourns wears bunch of image motif vintage-styled representing bundling image motifs motif motifs