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Friedrich Brentel a German printmaker in engraving and etching and miniature painter was born at Lauingen in 1580 and became a citizen of Strasbourg in 1601. His principal work is a set of plates for ‘The Funeral of Charles III Duke of Lorraine’ and the Royal entry 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.