Pantomime with fireworks performed for the marriage of Emperor Leopold I to the Infanta Margarita of Spain in Vienna, 1666

Melchior Küsel German

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Hercules battling centaurs at center. Plate from a book documenting the fireworks display for the marriage of Leopold I to the Infanta Margarita of Spain, titled: 'Vin Himmeln entzündete und durch allgemeinen Zuruff der Erde sich Himmelwerts erschwingende Frolokshungs Flammen zur Begengnus des Hochzeitlichen beylagers Beeder Khaiserlichen Maistäten Leopoldi des Ersten Römischen Kaisers auch zu Hungarn und Böham Königs, Ertzhertzogen zu Oesterreich, etc. und Margarita geborner Infantin aus Hispanien 1666'.

Pantomime with fireworks performed for the marriage of Emperor Leopold I to the Infanta Margarita of Spain in Vienna, 1666, Melchior Küsel (German, 1626–1683), Engraving

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