Festa Fatta in Roma, alli 25. di Febraio MDCXXXIV
According to Mascardi, Sacchi designed ten of the plates, including the frontispiece, the fold-out view of the Piazza Navona, and the concert, for which a drawing by Sacchi survives at Windsor Castle. Mascardi did not explicitly mention the illustrations of the Chariot of Fame, the Ship, or the Boat. An inventory of 1671 describes a painting of the joust in Piazza Navona, now in the Museo di Roma, with the same view as the foldout plate, and indicates that Filippo Gagliardi was responsible for the perspective. An inventory of 1672 indicates Sacchi as the author of the little figures. The book was reprinted by the De Rossi publishing firm in Rome in 1649.
Artwork Details
- Title: Festa Fatta in Roma, alli 25. di Febraio MDCXXXIV
- Author: Cardinal Guido Bentivoglio (Italian, 1579–1644)
- Designer: Andrea Sacchi (Italian, Rome (?) ca. 1599–1661 Rome)
- Designer: Filippo Gagliardi (Italian, born Rome, died 1659)
- Etcher: François Collignon (French, Nancy ca. 1610–1687 Rome)
- Dedicatee: Cardinal Antonio Barberini (Italian, Rome 1607–1671 Nemi)
- Publisher: Vitale Mascardi
- Date: 1634
- Medium: Printed book with etched plates, historiated woodcut initials, headpieces
- Dimensions: Overall: 9 7/16 x 6 7/8 x 13/16 in. (24 x 17.5 x 2 cm)
- Classification: Books
- Credit Line: Purchase, Bequest of W. Gedney Beatty, by exchange, 2008
- Object Number: 2008.77
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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