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Object Type
Museum number: 1894,0417.558.1-14
Description: Souvenir libretto for Francesco Cavalli's opera Hipermestra, containing a frontispiece in which an allegorical female figure sits enthroned and crowned, with the Medici arms at her side and the Spanish royal coat of arms at upper left; further containing twelve large fold-out views of the opera's sets, and a fold-out view of the Teatro della Pergola seen from the stage (full details of each print given in the curator's comment); further containing dedicatory epistles, a list of roles and a full printed text of the libretto. 1658 Etching and letterpress, bound in gilt-stamped vellum
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School/style
Production date: 1658
Materials
Technique: etching; letterpress
Dimensions: Height: 208 millimetres (bound volume); Width: 158 millimetres (bound volume)
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Location: Not on display
Associated names: Associated with: Giovanni Andrea Moniglia (Author of libretto); Associated with: Francesco Cavalli (Composer of the opera); Associated with: Cardinal Giovanni Carlo de' Medici (Patron of the opera)
Associated places: Associated with: Florence (Teatro della Pergola)
Associated events: Associated Event: Production of Cavalli's Hipermestra (Souvenir libretto) 18 June 1658
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1894
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1894,0417.558.1-14

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