Orazio Scarabelli
Italian, active c. 1580-1600
Naumachia in the Courtyard of Palazzo Pitti
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Orazio Scarabelli
Italian, active c. 1580-16001592
Naumachia in the Courtyard of Palazzo Pitti
Orazio Scarabelli Italian, active c. 1580-1600 →etchingpaper
Date
1592
Medium
Etching in black on cream laid paper
Dimensions
Image/plate: 24.4 × 35.6 cm (9 5/8 × 14 1/16 in.); Sheet: 27.7 × 39.3 cm (10 15/16 × 15 1/2 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
The Amanda S. Johnson and Marion J. Livingston Fund
Orazio Scarabelli’s etching of a mock sea battle staged in the Medici family’s Palazzo Pitti was made to document the 1589 wedding of Christine of Lorraine and Ferdinando de Medici. The artist may not actually have been present at this event, one of the many scheduled over a number of weeks of activities surrounding the marriage. This work packs the viewer into the palace’s courtyard with the rest of the guests, watching in claustrophobic wonder as the Christians eke out a victory over the Turkish forces.
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