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Carnival in Florence: procession of soldiers and pageant wagons
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Carnival in Florence: procession of soldiers and pageant wagons

Jacques Callot · 1616 · etching; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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View of the Piazza Santa Croce in Florence, where two pageant wagons and many soldiers on foot and on horseback parade for spectators, who sit on oval-shaped tribunes. This procession took place during the carnival festivities 'Guerra d'Amore', which Cosimo II de' Medici gave in Florence in 1616. Below the image a line of Italian text.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
printCosimo II de' Medicichariot, triumphal carvillage square, placeFlorencePiazza Santa Croce
Credit lineCarnaval te Florence: optocht van soldaten en praalwagens. 1616. Jacques Callot. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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