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Festival in Florence: pageant wagon of Atlas and the Sun
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Festival in Florence: pageant wagon of Atlas and the Sun

Jacques Callot · 1616 · etching; paper

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

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Pageant wagon, upon which among others Atlas who bears the sun, personifications of the twelve months, the four seasons and the hours of the day, drawn by four horses. This structure was made for the festivities 'Guerra di Bellezza', which Cosimo II de' Medici gave in Florence in 1616 on the occasion of the arrival of Federico della Rovere, the prince of Urbino and the fiancé of his sister Claudia. At the top of the image a banner with Italian text.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
printCosimo II de' MediciFederico Ubaldo della Roverechariot, triumphal carFlorencePiazza Santa Croce
Credit lineFeest te Florence: praalwagen van Atlas en de zon. 1616. Jacques Callot. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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