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Description: | At H, volume s. on plate b. l. "Ian Callot F"; inscr in plate b. c. "MOSTRA DELLA GUERRA D'AMORE FESTA DEL SER.mo GRAN DUCA DI TOSCANA FATTA. LANNO 1635"; inscr. in plate b.r. "Gio Jacomo Rossi formis Rome alla Pace all insigna di Parigi"; watermark : circle containing a fleur de lys CRE CALLOT, Jacques; (French; 1592-1635) AFTER PARIGI, Gulio; (Italian; 1571-1635) State III/III. One of a set of 4, this is inspired by the festival of his Highness the grand Duke of Tuscany, "The War of Love", and is an illustration from the book "Guerra d'Amore", by Andrea Salvadori (1591-1635), apoet and librettist at the Medici court, dated 1615 in Florence.
The festival is held in the Piazza St Croix, Florence. | License: | http://www.hmag.gla.ac.uk/spirit/rights/ | Publisher: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Rights holder: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Subjects: | CARNIVAL : TOURNAMENT : CROWD : PIAZZA SANTA CROCE : FESTIVAL : ITALY : HORSE BALLET : CHARIOT : PARADE : DANCE : ELEPHANT : MEDICI : FLORENCE : WAR OF LOVE : GIRAFFE : AMPHITHEATRE : | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Identifier: | http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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