I Giochi dello Scacco e del Corso per le Nozze (...) Paolo Spinola (...) e la Principessa Anna Colonna

Attributed to Agostino (Stanzani) Mitelli Italian

1653

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Title page or pamphlet designed for the festivities around the wedding of Duke Paolo Spinola Doria and Anna Colonna, which took place in Rome on February 24, 1653. The design of the pamphlet has been attributed to Agostino Mitelli. It is characterized by a two-part division. The top half consists of a vase, flanked by the coats of arms of the groom (left) and bride (right). The bottom half consists of a cartouche in which the text has been placed.

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Title: I Giochi dello Scacco e del Corso per le Nozze (...) Paolo Spinola (...) e la Principessa Anna Colonna
Artist: Attributed to Agostino (Stanzani) Mitelli (Italian, Battidizzo (Bologna) 1609–1660 Madrid)
Publisher: Sebastiano Zecchini (Italian, active in Perugia ca. 1648-1656)
Published in: Rome
Date: 1653
Medium: Etching
Dimensions: 16 1/4 × 10 13/16 × 1 1/4 in. (41.2 × 27.5 × 3.2 cm)
Classifications: Books, Prints, Ornament & Architecture
Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1949
Object Number: 49.62.8(90)
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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