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Descrizione del regale apparato per le nozze della serenissima madama Cristina di Loreno moglie del serenissimo don Ferdinando Medici
Illustrated by: Raffaello Gualterotti (Italian, 1543–1638)
After: Alessandro Allori (Italian (Florentine), 1535–1607)
After: Giambologna (Jean Boulogne) (Flemish (worked in Italy), 1529–1608)
After: Jacopo Chimenti da Empoli (Italian (Florentine), 1551–1640)
After: Jacopo Ligozzi (Italian, 1547–1627)
Possibly by: Andrea Boscoli (Italian, about 1560–1607)
Author: Raffaello Gualterotti (Italian, 1543–1638)
Printer: Antonio Padovani (Italian, 16th century)
After: Alessandro Allori (Italian (Florentine), 1535–1607)
After: Giambologna (Jean Boulogne) (Flemish (worked in Italy), 1529–1608)
After: Jacopo Chimenti da Empoli (Italian (Florentine), 1551–1640)
After: Jacopo Ligozzi (Italian, 1547–1627)
Possibly by: Andrea Boscoli (Italian, about 1560–1607)
Author: Raffaello Gualterotti (Italian, 1543–1638)
Printer: Antonio Padovani (Italian, 16th century)
Florence
1589
Place of Publication: Florence, Italy
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with etched title page and 67 etchings
Dimensions
Overall: 28.2 x 20.7 x 2 cm (11 1/8 x 8 1/8 x 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
William A. Sargent Fund
Accession Number41.492
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Florence: Antonio Padovani, 1589
Catalogue Raisonné
Mortimer, Italian, 224
Description(Florence: Antonio Padovani, 1589) Folio; 108 leaves [two books in one]; modern gilt-stamped armorial red morocco (Thibaron-Joly).
Etched architectural title page with Medici arms; illustrations and plans of decorations for ceremonial marriage festivities. Selected subjects include double-page allegory of the government of Florence after Allori (pp. 38-39); two statues by Giambologna (pp. 74, 76); Cosimo acclaimed Grand Duke after da Empoli (p. 159); Grand Duke Cosimo crowns Florence after Ligozzi (p. 170).
Etched architectural title page with Medici arms; illustrations and plans of decorations for ceremonial marriage festivities. Selected subjects include double-page allegory of the government of Florence after Allori (pp. 38-39); two statues by Giambologna (pp. 74, 76); Cosimo acclaimed Grand Duke after da Empoli (p. 159); Grand Duke Cosimo crowns Florence after Ligozzi (p. 170).
Marks
PDP Watermark Type: Watermark: winged horse in circle
ProvenanceWilliam H. Schab, New York, from whom purchased by MFA, June 12, 1941.