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Description: | At H, volume s. on plate b. r. "Callot F"; inscr on plate b. l. "Iul Parigi Inv"; inscr on plate t. r. "Carro del sole fatto in Firenze nella festa a Cavallo per la venuta del Sr mo Pripe d'Urbino / Era su questo carro Atlante d'altezza di braccia 12 con il gobo / Solare in Spalla, esopraui l'istesso Sole, i dodici. Segni del / Zodiaco il Serpe d'Egitto, i mesi, le quattro Stagione, l'Ore del / Giorno e della notte, e a pie del Carro caminavano Ottogiganti Etiopi d. Seibraci / d'altezza" CRE CALLOT, Jacques; (French; 1592-1635) State I/II?. This was inspired by the festival of his Highness the grand Duke of Tuscany, "The war of love", and is an illustration for the book "Guerra d'Amore", by Andrea Salvadori, 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: | CHARIOT : PROCESSION : FLORENCE : FESTIVAL : ITALY : ATLAS : SOLDIER : CAVALIER : SUN : ETHIOPIAN GIANT : SET : WAR OF BEAUTY : GUERRE DE BEAUTE : CARRIAGE : PIAZZA SANTA CROCE : FANTASY : | 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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