The firework display called 'Girandola' at the Castello Sant'Angelo in Rome, a nocturnal scene with fireworks issuing from the castle and a crowd of spectators in the foreground
Object type: Print
Department: Drawings and Prints
Artist: Giovanni Ambrogio Brambilla|Claudio Duchetti
Artist bio: Italian, active Rome, 1575–99|Italian, active Venice and Rome, ca. 1565–died ca. 1585
Artist role: Artist|Publisher
Artist nationality: Italian|Italian
Date: 1579
Medium: Etching and engraving
Dimensions: sheet: 21 x 15 15/16 in. (53.3 x 40.5 cm)
plate: 19 9/16 x 14 7/8 in. (49.7 x 37.8 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
Accession year: 2012
Tags: Castles|Fireworks|Crowd