The Girandola at the Castel Sant'Angelo, Designed and hand colored by Louis Jean Desprez,
The Girandola at the Castel Sant'Angelo, , Etching with hand-coloring, sheet: 27 3/4 x 19 1/8 in. ( x cm), Prints, Designed and hand colored by Louis Jean Desprez (French, Auxerre 1743–1804 Stockholm), Etched by Francesco Piranesi (Italian, Rome 1758–1810 Paris), From 1471, the papacy sponsored a spectacular fireworks display called the Girandola at the Castel Sant'Angelo in Rome, the papal fortress originally constructed as the mausoleum of the emperor Hadrian
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Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
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