Il trionfo della virtv festa d’armi a pdf

Il trionfo della virtv festa d’armi a

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Library’s copy without the etchings by Francesco Stringa”, ‘Description of a festival planned by Conte Gerolamo Graziani, including verses written by him, in celebration of the birth of Francesco II d’Este in 1660. The “macchine” and theater were designed by the architects Gian Giacomo Monti and Baldassare Bianchi. The music was composed by Benedetto Ferrari. The festival involved a strife between Vices and Virtues, or psychomachy’, ‘Woodcut armorial title-vignette, pictorial initials, head-pieces’, ‘Signatures: A-C⁸’, ‘Last page is blank’, ‘Berlin. Ornamentstichsammlung

• Creator/s: Graziani, Girolamo, 1604-1675
• Date: 1660
• Book Topics/Themes: Francesco II d’Este, Duke of Modena and Reggio, 1660-1694, Ferrari, Benedetto, approximately 1603-1681, Monti, Gian Giacomo, 1620-1692, Bianchi, Baldassare, 1614-1678, Virtues, Vices, Parade floats, Theaters, Festivals, Pageants

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