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Description: | RH, unmounted s. on plate b. r. "Callot F"; inscr on plate b. l. "Iul Parigi I"; inscr on plate b. r. 2Gio Jacomo Rossi formis Rome alla parc all ensi / gna di Parigi"; inscr on plate t. r. "Carro di Teti fatto in Firenze nella festa a Cavallo per la / venuta del Serenissimo Principe d'Urbino- / Era su quest Carro Telti con le tre Sirene, con le Nereidi / ei Tritoni, camisnavano a pie del Carro Otto Giganti / informa di tanti Nettuni che figurauano i principali / Mari del Mondo- an: 1616" CRE CALLOT, Jacques; (French; 1592-1635) AFTER PARIGI, Gulio; (Italian; 1571-1635) State I/I. No 3 of a set of 6, this is inspired by the festival of his Highness the grand Duke of Tuscany, "The War of Beauty", and is an illustration from the book "Guerra d'Amore", by Andrea Salvadori (1591-1635), dated 1616. The festival is held in the Piazza St. Croix, Florence. Celebrating the fat Thursday before Lent, it was chosen by Cosimo II to honour his wife, Maria Magdalena, with a triumphant procession, mock battle, and equestrian ballet. | 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 : POOL : MEDICI : MERMAID : TRITON : PAVILLON : THETIS : SHELL : GIANT : TRIDENT : SET : GUERRE DE BEAUTE : FANTASY TO NIGHTMARE : FAT THURSDAY : PIAZZA SANTA CROCE : | 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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