Esequie del serenissimo Ferdinando II, gran duca di Toscana celebrate in Firenze dal serenissimo gran duca Cosimo III

Macigni, Manfredi, Cosimo III, Grand-Duke of Tuscany, 1642-1723, Falda, Giovanni Battista, ca. 1640-1678, Vangelisti, 17th cent, Matini, Piero, fl. 1684-1700, Stamperia di S.A.S. (Florence, Italy), Falda, Giovanni Battista, ca. 1640-1678, Tacca, Ferdinando, 1619-1686, designer · 1671 · Firenze, nella stamperia di S.A.S. per il Vangelisti, e Matini · 4 pictures

This is a 1671 Florentine funeral account, printed at the ducal press for Grand Duke Cosimo III's obsequies for his father Ferdinando II, with text by Manfredi Macigni and engravings by Giovanni Battista Falda. The two architectural engravings show the nave of San Lorenzo hung with draperies, a tall catafalque and crowds of mourners, giving a designer strong models for baroque stage-set perspective, ceremonial catafalque design and drapery. The printed coat of arms and decorated initial are small woodcut ornaments usable as heraldic and typographic motifs.

Ferdinando II, grand duke of Tuscany, 1610-1670 · San Lorenzo (Church : Florence, Italy) · Funeral rites and ceremonies

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