Scene 3, the Garden of Venus, in Le Nozze degli Dei (The Marriage of the Gods)

Maker and role
Artist: Stefano Della Bella, Italian, 1610-1664
Designer: Alfonso Parigi, Italian, active 1624-1656
 Year
1637

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Media/Materials
Engraving
Credit line
Gift of The Tobin Endowment
Accession number
TL2004.22.2
Object type
Prints
Department
Theatre Arts
Location
Not on view
Theatre production
Opera by Giovanni Carlo Coppola. Produced at the Palazzo Pitti, Florence, to celebrate the wedding of Grand Duke Ferdinando II de' Medici and Princess Vittoria della Rovere.
Further information
In The Marriage of the Gods, Jupiter's plans to celebrate four Olympian marriages on the same day (Jupiter and Juno, Venus and Vulcan, Athena and Pluto, Diana and Neptune) go awry, but are eventually resolved through the intervention of Venus and Cupid.
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