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
Object: 66.500.19

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