Abstract

This view of Frankfurt’s central square, the “Römerberg,” shows the popular component of the formal coronation of Francis I. The secular coronation banquet took place in the “Römer,” the complex of three step-gabled Gothic buildings seen in the background (center).

View of the Römerberg in Frankfurt am Main on October 4, 1745, the Day of the Coronation of Francis I (c. 1750)

Wolfgang Christoph Mayr

Source

Source: Copperplate engraving by Wolfgang Christoph Mayr, c. 1750.
bpk-Bildagentur, image number 00000143. For rights inquiries, please contact Art Resource at requests@artres.com (North America) or bpk-Bildagentur at kontakt@bpk-bildagentur.de (for all other countries).

Recommended Citation

View of the Römerberg in Frankfurt am Main on October 4, 1745, the Day of the Coronation of Francis I (c. 1750), published in: German History in Documents and Images, <https://germanhistorydocs.org/en/the-holy-roman-empire-1648-1815/ghdi:image-2903> [July 13, 2024].

Francis I is Crowned Holy Roman Emperor in Frankfurt am Main on October 4, 1745 (2nd Half of the 18th Century)

Leopold I is Crowned Holy Roman Emperor in Frankfurt am Main on August 1, 1658 (c. 1693)

View of the Römerberg with Church of Saint Nikolai in Frankfurt (1822)

Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor, in his Coronation Regalia (after 1790)