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

Dimensions

Sheet (Trimmed): 12 5/8 × 18 1/2 in. (32 × 47 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1953

Classification

Prints|Prints-Fete|Ornament & Architecture

Department

Drawings and Prints

Rights

Public Domain

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1636 –1707 Italian

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