Fireworks display celebrating the end of the Thirty Years War, Nuremberg

A sacrifice to the Olympian gods taking place at the end of a path lined with statues and foliage; set design from 'Il Fuoco Eterno'

1674

Plate E: Election and Coronation of Emperor Maximilian II

1612

A Celebration

ca. 1675–1719

Fireworks on June 23, 1595, for the entry to Küstrin of the Margrave of Brandenburg and Duchess of Prussia

1595

A row boat leading a ship to shore while a large group of figures looks on from the coast and along the bridge at center; a deity appears in the sky at upper left; set design from 'Il Fuoco Eterno'

1674

A group of young men dancing as the gods look on from above; set design from 'Il Pomo D'Oro'

1668

Plate G: Election and Coronation of Emperor Maximilian II

1612

The royal family sitting under a canopy, watching dancers perform the opening ballet of 'La Costanza d'Ulisse'

ca. 1700

Procession, with men riding horses; three men playing trumpets at front, a knight at center, and a gentleman at the rear

16th century

The Arsenal; two soldiers conversing with two women on the right as a group of soldiers look on from the left; set design from 'Il Fuoco Eterno'

1674

Volcano at center with blacksmiths working at left and armor on the ground around them

16th century

Three men at center, an old man who holding out an open book for a soldier to sign as a smaller man stands to the left holding ink; a large group of men surround them; set design from 'Il Fuoco Eterno'

1674