Plate 5: allegory of Lorenzo di Medici encouraging peace, standing at right beneath a coffered arch, a woman at center holding a snake and pointing to the left, an angel at left holding a laurel wreath at left, and a chariot in the sky at upper right
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- Title: Plate 5: allegory of Lorenzo di Medici encouraging peace, standing at right beneath a coffered arch, a woman at center holding a snake and pointing to the left, an angel at left holding a laurel wreath at left, and a chariot in the sky at upper right
- Artist: Giovanni Antonio Faldoni (Italian, ca. 1690–ca. 1770)
- Artist: Intermediary draftsman Giovanni Elia Morghen (Italian, 1721–after 1789)
- Artist: After Francesco Montelatici ("Cecco Bravo") (Italian, Florence 1601–1661 Innsbruck)
- Subject: Lorenzo de' Medici (Italian, Florence 1599–1648 Florence)
- Date: ca. 1740–70
- Medium: Etching and engraving
- Dimensions: Sheet (Trimmed): 25 11/16 × 15 9/16 in. (65.2 × 39.5 cm)
- Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1951
- Object Number: 51.501.4652
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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