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"Fireworks!: Four Centuries of Pyrotechnics in Prints & Drawings": The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, v. 58, no. 1 (Summer, 2000)
THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART BULLETIN | VOLUME 58 | NUMBER 1

"Fireworks!: Four Centuries of Pyrotechnics in Prints & Drawings"

Boorsch, Suzanne
2000
52 pages
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Fire, Abraham Bosse French, Etching
Fire
Abraham Bosse
ca. 1630
Pyrotchnia or a Discourse of Artificial Fire-Works, A Short Treatise of Geometrie, John Babington British, Illustrations: engraving
Pyrotchnia or a Discourse of Artificial Fire-Works, A Short Treatise of Geometrie
Multiple artists/makers
1635
Grand art d'artillerie
Multiple artists/makers
1651
Entry of Charles V into Munich, June 10, 1530, Sebald Beham German, Woodcut
Entry of Charles V into Munich, June 10, 1530
Sebald Beham
16th century
Marriage of Annibale Altemps and Ortensia Borromeo, Rome, March 5, 1565, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae", Etienne DuPérac French, Engraving
Marriage of Annibale Altemps and Ortensia Borromeo, Rome, March 5, 1565, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"
Etienne DuPérac
Antonio Lafreri
1565
Entry of Maximilian II into Nuremberg, June 7, 1570, Jost Amman Swiss, Etching and engraving
Entry of Maximilian II into Nuremberg, June 7, 1570
Jost Amman
1570
Feste nelle nozze de don Francesco Medici gran duca di Toscana; et della ... sig. Bianca Cappello, Florence, October 14, 1579, Raffaello Gualterotti Italian, Etching, woodcuts
Feste nelle nozze de don Francesco Medici gran duca di Toscana; et della ... sig. Bianca Cappello, Florence, October 14, 1579
Raffaello Gualterotti
Stamperia Giunti
1579
Festival for Saint Placidus, Messina, August 2, 1589: Fireworks Obelisk, Filippo Gotho Italian, Etching
Festival for Saint Placidus, Messina, August 2, 1589: Fireworks Obelisk
Filippo Gotho
Fausto Bufalini
1591
Reprasentation Der Fürstlichen Auffzug und Ritterspil .. Herrn Johann Friderichen Herzogen zu Württenberg und Teckh... und Fürstin Barbara Sophien .. Stuttgart, November 6, 1609
Balthasar Küchler
Johann Ottinger
1611
The Feast of Saint James, Florence, July 25, 1619, Jacques Callot French, Etching
The Feast of Saint James, Florence, July 25, 1619
Jacques Callot
16th century
Le Soleil Au Signe du Lyon, Jacques Roussin, Lyon French, Printed book with cut ornament and etched plates
Le Soleil Au Signe du Lyon
Multiple artists/makers
1623
Fireworks in a Piazza, Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri) Italian, Pen and brown ink, brush with gray and brown wash, over traces of leadpoint (?)
Fireworks in a Piazza
Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri)
ca. 1618–23
Pompa Introitus Honori .. Ferdinandi Austriaci ... " (Entry of Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand into Antwerp, April 17, 1635), Peter Paul Rubens Flemish, Engraving
Pompa Introitus Honori .. Ferdinandi Austriaci ... " (Entry of Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand into Antwerp, April 17, 1635)
Multiple artists/makers
1642
Design for a Processional Float, Anonymous, Italian, Roman-Bolognese, 17th century Italian, Pen and brown ink, brush and blue wash, over lead on cream paper (recto). Stylus-ruled line along bottom edge. Ruled framing outline in black ink; pen and brown inks (verso). Fragments of framing outline on all edges of recto
Design for a Processional Float
Anonymous, Italian, Roman-Bolognese, 17th century
17th century
The Round Tower Ruptured to Reveal the Statue of the King of the Romans, Claude Lorrain (Claude Gellée) French, Etching; second state of two (Mannocci)
The Round Tower Ruptured to Reveal the Statue of the King of the Romans
Claude Lorrain (Claude Gellée)
Manuel de Moura
1637
Die Triumphirende Liebe umgeben Mit den Sieghafften Tugenden In einem Ballet Auff dem Hochfürstlichen Beylager .. Christian Ludwig Hertzog zu Brunschwig und Lüneburg ... Dorothea Hertzogin zu Schleswig Hollstein ... Zelle 1653, Jakob Rebenlein German, plates: etchings
Die Triumphirende Liebe umgeben Mit den Sieghafften Tugenden In einem Ballet Auff dem Hochfürstlichen Beylager .. Christian Ludwig Hertzog zu Brunschwig und Lüneburg ... Dorothea Hertzogin zu Schleswig Hollstein ... Zelle 1653
Jakob Rebenlein
Konrad Buno
ca. 1653
The Fête of 1664, The Pleasures of the Enchanted Isle, Third Day: Destruction of the Palace of Alcina
Jean Le Pautre
Israel Silvestre
17th century
The Fête of 1668, Versailles: Fireworks in the Gardens, July 18
Jean Le Pautre
1668, reprinted ca. 1860
The Fête of 1674, Versailles: Sixth Day, August 31, Illuminations around the Grand Canal
Jean Le Pautre
1675–76, reprinted ca. 1860
Celebration for the Elector Johann Georg II, Leipzig, July 8, 1667, Anonymous, German, 17th century German, Etching and engraving
Celebration for the Elector Johann Georg II, Leipzig, July 8, 1667
Anonymous, German, 17th century
ca. 1667
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