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Carnival in Florence: pageant wagons and participants in the procession
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Carnival in Florence: pageant wagons and participants in the procession

Jacques Callot · 1616 · etching; paper

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

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Four pageant wagons (representing/carried Asia, Africa, Mars & Venus, and the Queen of India), two riders and six figures on foot, almost all with an explanatory text in Italian. These wagons and figures rode and walked in the procession that took place during the carnival festivities 'Guerra d'Amore', which Cosimo II de' Medici gave in Florence in 1616.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
printCosimo II de' Medicichariot, triumphal carFlorencePiazza Santa Croce
Credit lineCarnaval te Florence: praalwagens en deelnemers aan de optocht. 1616. Jacques Callot. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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