Plate 11: Idmon and Mopsus guided by Apollo (Idmone ea Mopso Argonoti guidati da Apollo), with an aureole around Apollo's head, from the series 'The magnificent pageant on the river Arno in Florence for the marriage of the Grand Duke' (Le Magnifique carousel fait sur le fleuve de l'Arne a Florence, pour le mariage du Grand Duc), for the wedding celebration of Cosimo de' Medici in Florence, 1608
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet (Trimmed): 3 5/8 × 5 1/16 in. (9.2 × 12.9 cm)
Classification
Prints|Ornament & Architecture
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
Accession Number
2012.136.527.18
Tags
Art Historical Context
This etching captures a dramatic moment from the elaborate 1608 river pageant staged on the Arno in Florence to celebrate the wedding of Cosimo II de’ Medici. Plate 11 shows the Argonauts Idmon and Mopsus being guided by the radiant figure of Apollo, his head encircled by a luminous aureole, as soldiers and fantastical dragons accompany ornate boats along the water. Created after designs associated with Giulio Parigi and engraved by artists including Remigio Cantagallina and Jean Sauvé, the print belongs to a commemorative series that preserved the splendor of this Medici-sponsored spectacle f...
About the Artist
Giulio Parigi|Anonymous|Remigio Cantagallina|Jean Sauvé · 1571–1635
Parigi studied in Florence with his great-uncle Bartolommeo Ammannati, his father Alfonso di Santi Parigi and the Grand-Ducal architect Bernardo Buontalenti, whom he succeeded in 1608. Ca. 1598 to ca. 1629, Parigi operated an academy in Florence which taught geometry, perspective, draughtsmanship, mechanics and civil and military architecture. For the first half of the 16th century, Parigi and his...