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ID: 700001709
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700001709
Record Type: Movable Work
Battaglia nauale rapp.a in Arno per le nozze dell Ser.mo principe de Toscana l'anno 1608 / (etchings (prints); Remigio Cantagallina (ca. 1582-1656); Published: 1608; Getty Research Institute, Special Collections (Los Angeles, ...; 2639-405; 639405; accession number: 2004.PR.5)
Note: Sheets 24 x 31 cm; The nine etchings from a suite of 19 prints depict the mock naval battle performed in Florence on the Arno river on Nov. 3, 1608, in celebration of the wedding of Cosimo II, Duke of Tuscany, to Maria Maddalena of Austria; The festival enacted the battle between the Argonauts and the armada of Colchis, while relating the love story of Jason, leader of the Argonauts, and Medea, daughter of the King of Colchis. The ships and floats were designed by Giulio Parigi, with the exception of two that were designed by Jacopo Ligozzi and one by Ludovico Cardi da Cigoli.
Titles:
Battaglia nauale rapp.a in Arno per le nozze dell Ser.mo principe de Toscana l'anno 1608 / (preferred,C,U,RP,undetermined-P,,)
Mock naval battle on the Arno river (C,U,DE,English,U,U)
Argonautica. (C,U,undetermined,U,U)
Catalog Level: portfolio
Work Types:
etchings (prints) [300041365] (preferred)
..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, prints (visual works), <prints by process or technique>, <prints by process: transfer method>, intaglio prints)
prints (visual works) [300041273]
..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>)

Classifications:
prints (preferred)

Creation Date: Published: 1608

Creator Display:
Remigio Cantagallina (ca. 1582-1656) [preferred,GRISC]
artist Cantagallina, Remigio (Italian etcher and draftsman, ca. 1582-1656) [500022555]
Cigoli, Lodovico (Italian painter, architect, 1559-1613) [500115264]
Ligozzi, Jacopo (Italian painter, draftsman and designer, 1547-1627) [500011933]
Parigi, Giulio (Italian architect, printmaker, 1571-1635) [500012573]
Locations:
Current: Getty Research Institute, Special Collections (Los Angeles, Los Angeles county, California, United States) [500353615] Getty Research Institute, J. Paul Getty Trust, Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)
Repository Numbers: 2639-405; 639405; accession number: 2004.PR.5
Credit Line: copyright J. Paul Getty Trust, Getty Research Institute, Special Collections
Address Note: 1200 Getty Center Dr., Suite 1100, Los Angeles, CA 90049-1688
Display Materials: 1 portfolio (9 etchings)
etching (printing process) [300053241]
.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <image-making processes and techniques>, <printing and printing processes and techniques>, printing processes, intaglio printing processes)

Dimensions: 32 x 25 cm; 9 etchings
General Subject:
religion and mythology (preferred)
events

Specific Subjects:
festivals (celebrations) [300073472]
.....(Activities Facet, Events (hierarchy name), events (activities), cultural events, celebrations) (AAT)
Argonauts [901000151]
.....((Greek characters, Greek iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)
Cosimo II, Grand Duke of Tuscany (Italian noble, 1590-1621) [500353754]
.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)
weddings (ceremonies) [300069158]
.....(Activities Facet, Events (hierarchy name), events (activities), cultural events, ceremonies, cultural ceremonies, rites of passage) (AAT)
floats (vehicles) [300251012]
.....(Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Transportation Vehicles (hierarchy name), vehicles (transportation), land vehicles, <land vehicles by form>, freewheeled vehicles, <freewheeled vehicles by form or function>) (AAT)
Jason [901000152]
.....((Greek characters, Greek iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)
Maria Maddalena, d'Austria, granduchessa (Austrian noble, 1587-1631) [500353758]
.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)
royal weddings [300379050]
.....(Activities Facet, Events (hierarchy name), events (activities), cultural events, ceremonies, cultural ceremonies, rites of passage, weddings (ceremonies)) (AAT)
Medea [901001943]
.....((Greek characters, Greek iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)
pageants [300069240]
.....(Activities Facet, Events (hierarchy name), events (activities), cultural events, entertainment events, performances (creative events)) (AAT)
depictions (visual works) [300248231]
.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by form>, <visual works by form of image>) (AAT)
regattas [300239280]
.....(Activities Facet, Events (hierarchy name), events (activities), cultural events, contests, races (events)) (AAT)
weddings (ceremonies) [300069158]
.....(Activities Facet, Events (hierarchy name), events (activities), cultural events, ceremonies, cultural ceremonies, rites of passage) (AAT)
mock battles [300379110]
.....(Activities Facet, Events (hierarchy name), events (activities), cultural events, entertainment events, performances (creative events)) (AAT)

Inscriptions: Battaglia nauale rapp.a in Arno per le nozze dell Ser.mo principe de Toscana l'anno 1608 / Giulio Parigi I. ; Remigio Canta Gallina F.
List/Hierarchical Position:
..... Movable Works
.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media
Sources and Contributors:
Battaglia nauale rapp.a in Arno per le nozze dell Ser.mo principe de Toscana l'anno 1608 /........ [GRISC,VP]
........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-) 639405
Mock naval battle on the Arno river........ [VP]
........ Getty Research Institute Special Collections Finding Aids (2005-)
........ Getty Vocabulary Program rules
Argonautica......... [GRISC]
........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)
Subject: ....... [VP,GRISC]
....................... GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)
....................... Bartsch, Le peintre graveur (1803-1821) XX, p. 62-63, no. 20, 23, 27, 28, 31, 32, 34, 35, 37
Note:
English ..... [GRISC]
..... GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)
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