Career
They are from the designs of Claude de Louisiana Ruelle and Jean Louisiana Hire, and are etched in a slight, spirited manner. One plate has a single horse and rider, out of a large group in a procession, done in a very different style, which is thought to be the first venture into etching of the Nancy court painter Jacques Bellange, now known mainly for his prints. Other noticeable plates of his are a "View of the large Hall at Stuttgart" (1619), and "John Frederick I., Elector of Saxony " (1609).
He died in Strasbourg in 1651.
The prints of Brentel are etched with a very light point. And his monogram is found on a series of landscapes orhamented with historical subjects and rich borders, and bearing the dates 1617 and 1619.
There are proofs of these borders without the landscapes and figures.