Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE A: ITALIAN ART
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Preferred Title:
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Pageant in the Courtyard of Palazzo Barberini in Honor of Christina of Sweden
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Alternate Title:
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Giostra dei Caroselli nel cortile di Palazzo Barberini in onore di Cristina di Svezia
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Image View:
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Detail, box seats for the papal court
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Creator:
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Filippo Gagliardi (Italian painter, 1606-1659); Filippo Lauri (Italian painter, 1623-1694)
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Location:
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repository: Museo di Roma (Rome, Lazio, Italy) MR 5698
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Location Note:
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Palazzo Braschi; Piazza Navona, 2 and Piazza San Pantaleo, 10
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GPS:
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+41.897444+12.472861
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Date:
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1656-1659 (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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Italian
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Style Period:
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Baroque; Seventeenth century
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Work Type 1:
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painting (visual work)
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Classification:
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painting
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Material:
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oil painting on canvas
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Technique:
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oil painting (technique)
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Measurements:
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231 cm (height) x 340 cm (width)
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Description:
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Depicts the "Joust of Carousels" which took place in honor of Queen Christina of Sweden on the night of February 28, 1656, in the riding courtyard of the Palazzo Barberini. The grandiose construction, which cost seven thousand crowns, even required the demolition of some adjacent houses to create the box seats for the papal court. The pageant consisted of a complex mythological allegory, played by characters dressed in colorful costumes, parading on triumphant chariots and horses with rich trappings. Gagliardi (who was also an architect) painted the architecture and Lauri painted the figures. (Source: Museo di Roma (Palazzo Braschi) [website]; http://en.museodiroma.it/)
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Collection:
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Adjunct Module A: Italian Art
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Identifier:
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7A3-B-MOR-CPB-A03
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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