Content: Twenty-four horses and riders. Riders wearing large plumed headpieces.
Content: Possibly for Agniolo Ricci's equestrian pageant of July 15, 1637, presented during festivities in Florence celebrating the marriage of Ferdinand II, grand duke of Tuscany, and Vittoria della Rovere, princess of Urbino.
Content: Lower right: Fo. XIV.
Acquisition: Lillian Moore Collection.

Physical Description

Etchings
Extent: Cropped to: 21 x 31 cm.

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b12148240
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 96031ed0-8829-0130-a9cb-58d385a7bbd0

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Still Image

Date Issued

1637

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MLA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Horse ballet" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1637. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/96031ed0-8829-0130-a9cb-58d385a7bbd0

APA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1637). Horse ballet Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/96031ed0-8829-0130-a9cb-58d385a7bbd0

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Horse ballet" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 18, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/96031ed0-8829-0130-a9cb-58d385a7bbd0

Wikipedia citation

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