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Ferdinando I de' Medici Has the Harbour of Livorno Fortified
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Ferdinando I de' Medici sits to the right on a chair under a parasol and points to a harbor, where workers are busy building a tower-like structure. An engineer presents Ferdinando a model of the building. Below the scene a blank margin. This print is part of a series of 16 prints (plus 2 unfinished prints) of the life of Ferdinando I de' Medici, intended as an addition to an already existing series of illustrations of the history of the Medicis.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineFerdinando I de' Medici laat de haven van Livorno versterken. 1614 - 1620. Jacques Callot. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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