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AGOSTINO CARRACCI The Harmony of the Spheres * Apollo and the Python.
Two etchings with engraving, 1589-92. Both approximately 242x345 mm; 9 5/8x13 5/8 inches, narrow to thread margins. The Harmony of the Spheres in the first state (of 3); Apollo and the Python in the second state (of 3), with the address of Suchielli lower left. Both very good, strong impressions.
According to Bohlin, these two etchings by Carracci (1557-1602) record, "Part of the festivities honoring the marriage of Ferdinando I de' Medici and Christine of Lorraine in 1589. Throughout the month of May, the festivities continued, following the entry of Christine in Florence. Through the numerous contemporary records, both written and visual, the elaborate costumes, plays, triumphal arches, mock battles, etc., are vividly bought to life . . . Bernardo Buontalenti was responsible for the costumes and machines made for the intermezzi [on which both of these etchings are based]." Bartsch 121 and 122; Bohlin 153 and 154.
