Float with Apollo and the Python, from the fireworks display celebrating Louis XIII's return from a military campaign, Paris, February 1623
Fireworks display was orchestrated by Felix Clarner, engineer to the King. The celebration took place in front of the Louvre in February 1623.
Credit: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1966
1623
Etching
20.1 x 29.3cm
66.500.19
Image and text © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2019
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Permanent collection