Plate 12: Atalanta led by Diana (Atalata condoti da Diana), accompanied by warriors bearing shields and spears, 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 3/4 × 5 1/16 in. (9.5 × 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
2012.136.527.19
Tags
Art Historical Context
This etching, Plate 12 from the series *Le Magnifique carousel fait sur le fleuve de lne à Florence, pour le mariage du Grand Duc captures a vibrant moment from the 1608 wedding of Cosimo II de Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, and Maria Magdalena of Austria. Held on the River Arno in Florence, the grand pageant featured elaborate floats and performances evoking classical myths. Here, the huntress Atalanta is led by the goddess Diana, surrounded by warriors wielding shields and spears, blending mythological splendor with martial pomp amid ships on the water—a nod to Renaissance Italy's love for s...
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...