Fireworks display, Nuremberg, 1659
The image is divided into two halves: the upper half of the print depicts a fireworks display ocurring at night, and the lower half shows the same scene of launching devices but at closer range, without the fireworks being set off, and possibly in the day time. The fireworks may be in celebratation of the final peace agreements of the Thirty Years War.
Artwork Details
- Title: Fireworks display, Nuremberg, 1659
- Artist: Anonymous
- Date: 1659
- Medium: Etching
- Dimensions: Sheet (trimmed): 11 7/8 × 14 3/4 in. (30.2 × 37.5 cm)
- Classifications: Prints, Ornament & Architecture, Prints-Fete
- Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1953
- Object Number: 53.600.3687
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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