An army marching through a field; soldiers on foot at left and right, while others ride elephants and camels down the center; set design from 'La Monarchia Latina Trionfante'

Mathäus Küsel German
 after Ludovico Ottaviano Burnacini Italian

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One of a series of plates depicting the theatrical sets for the opera 'La Monarchia Latina Trionfante', designed by Ludovico Burnacini with a libretto by Nicolò Minato, music by Antonio Draghi, and the ballet by Johann Heinrich Schmeizer. Produced in Vienna in 1678, the opera commemorates the birth of Archduke Joseph, son of Emperor Leopold I and his third wife, Eleonora Magdalena.

An army marching through a field; soldiers on foot at left and right, while others ride elephants and camels down the center; set design from 'La Monarchia Latina Trionfante', Mathäus Küsel (German, 1621–1682), Etching

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