print
- Museum number
- 1874,0808.1401
- Title
- Series: La gara delle Stagioni
- Description
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View of one side of an open-air theatre, with four tiers of spectators, an arch to left and to right each surmounted by the Austrian arms; with dancers lining the theatre, formations of riders on horseback in central stage area and various animals including a stag, camel and dragon. 1652
Etching
- Production date
- 1652
- Dimensions
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Height: 432 millimetres
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Width: 705 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- This series was thought by Jombert to represent festivities performed for the wedding of Alfonso IV d'Este with Laura Martinozzi in 1655; however, this theory was discounted by De Vesme owing to the dating on the prints of 1652.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated events
- Associated Event: Visit of Archdukes Ferdinand Karl and Sigmund Franz and Archduchess Anna of Austria to Modena 10 April 1652
- Associated titles
Associated Title: La gara delle Stagioni, torneo a cavallo rappresentato in Modana nel passaggio de Serenissimi Arciduchi Ferdinando Carlo, Sigismondo Francesco d'Austria, et Arciduchessa Anna di Toscana; In Modana, 1652, con 14 figure grandi di Stefano Della Bella (Modena, 1652)
- Acquisition date
- 1874
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1874,0808.1401