Amphitheater with two groups of soldiers running toward each other; set design from 'Il Pomo D'Oro'

Frontispiece for the comedy "The Buffoons" (Li Buffoni)

Stefano della Bella

Atrium of the Palace of Venus; set design from 'Il Pomo D'Oro'

Mathäus Küsel, after Ludovico Ottaviano Burnacini

Arsenal of Mars; a group of soldiers standing across from a group of women in an arsenal; ships off in the distance; set design from 'Il Pomo D'Oro'

Mathäus Küsel, after Ludovico Ottaviano Burnacini

Courtyard of a palace with a man standing at center surrounded by attendants; above, a vision of a woman in a similar scene; set design from 'Il Pomo D'Oro'

Mathäus Küsel, after Ludovico Ottaviano Burnacini

Frontispiece for the comedy "The Buffoons" (Li Buffoni)

Stefano della Bella

Men and women gathererd in the street to view the entrance of a royal figure, who is carried into the city on a throne; set design from 'La Monarchia Latina Trionfante'

Mathäus Küsel, after Ludovico Ottaviano Burnacini

Soliman 2.e Acte, from "Soliman"

Jacques Callot, Prospero Bonarelli

1er Intermède (1st Interlude), from Les Intermèdes (The Interludes)

Jacques Callot, After Giulio Parigi

Kingdom of Pluto; a view of the underworld with Pluto and Proserpina enthroned at center, surrounded by demons; set design from 'Il Pomo D'Oro'

Mathäus Küsel, after Ludovico Ottaviano Burnacini

Two ladies and two gentlemen dancing within an ornate architectural setting, a fountain at center in the background, a scene from "Talestri, Regina delle Amazzoni"

Francesco Galli Bibiena

A city under siege with elephants and soldiers throughout; Mars looking down from above; set design from 'Il Pomo D'Oro'

Mathäus Küsel, after Ludovico Ottaviano Burnacini

Pleasure garden, with three figures in front of a fountain at center, a row of putti to the left, and a group of women to the right; set design from 'Il Pomo D'Oro'

Mathäus Küsel, after Ludovico Ottaviano Burnacini