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Antiochus is reclining on a bed while his physician Erasistratus is taking his pulse; King Seleucus and Queen Stratonice are seated at his bedside. Engraving by L. de Visscher after P. Berrettini da Cortona, ca. 1680.

An equestrian entertainment in the Boboli gardens, Florence, celebrating the wedding of Grand Duke Ferdinand II of Tuscany and Vittoria della Rovere, 1637: the carriage viewed against the Pitti Palace, the arena, and bird's eye views of the formations. Etching by S. Della Bella after A. Ricci and F. Gambrai.

Battleships on water (left), and a warrior is presented with armour (right). Engraving by J. Blondeau, ca. 1686, after Pietro da Cortona, 1647.

The Pitti Palace and its art collections : handbook and itinerary / by Anna Maria Francini Ciaranfi ; translated by Hilda M.R. Cox.

A Medici prince is snatched by Minerva away from Venus and is brought towards Hercules. Engraving by L. Visscher, ca. 1686, after Pietro da Cortona, 1647.

Antichi strumenti dalla raccolta dei Medici e dei Lorena alla formazione del Museo del conservatorio di Firenze.

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Antichi strumenti dalla raccolta dei Medici e dei Lorena alla formazione del Museo del conservatorio di Firenze.