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Festival in Florence: pageant wagon of Love
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Festival in Florence: pageant wagon of Love

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 in the form of a large cloud, upon which Cupid surrounded by a retinue of cupids and the three Graces. 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 car'Gratie' (Ripa)Florence
Credit lineFeest te Florence: praalwagen van de Liefde. 1616. Jacques Callot. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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