Naumachia in the Courtyard of Palazzo Pitti

The Antechamber of the Palace of Justice, Paris

Charles Meryon

Theatrical scene in a great hall with a vaulted ceiling and a central sculpture; two figures converse in the background while a third stands alone in the foreground

Giacomo-Maria Giovannini, Possibly after Ludovico Ottaviano Burnacini

Plate G: Election and Coronation of Emperor Maximilian II

Anonymous, German, 17th century, Johann Bringern, Willhelm Hoffmans

The Antechamber of the Palais de Justice, Paris

Charles Meryon

Theater at Modena, seen from above and filled with spectators, with a triumphal car at center and horses in formation at lower left and right, from 'La Gara delle Stagioni'

Stefano della Bella

Great Hall within the Villa of Pope Julius, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Anonymous

Vladislav Hall, Prague Castle, the Annual Fair

Aegidius Sadeler, II

The Princely Meal (Die Fürstliche Mahlzeit), from a series depicting the wedding of Wolfgang Wilhelm, Duke of Pfalz-Neuberg, Pfalzgraf, and Magdalena, Duchess of Bavaria, in Munich, 1613 (Plate 7)

Wilhelm Peter Zimmermann

Plate from "Scenographiae..."

Johannes van Doetecum I, After Hans Vredeman de Vries

A Papal Gathering in the Sistine Chapel, Michelangelo's Last Judgement on the back wall; the crowd looks on through a screen, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Giovanni Ambrogio Brambilla, Antonio Lafreri

Royal Feast

Jean Michel Moreau

Study for Pantheon Masquerade, from Microcosm of London

Augustus Charles Pugin