Fireworks and triumphal arch erected in Buda to celebrate the expulsion of the Turks, September 1686

Firework display, Nuremberg 1649, reduced copy of 'Kurze Beschreibung dess kunstlichen Feuerwerkes ...'

Anonymous, German, 17th century, Johann Carl Zeuchmeister

Fireworks at Hemissem

Wenceslaus Hollar

Triumphal arch with sculpture of Louis XIV as Apollo and fireworks in the background

Anonymous, French, 17th century

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

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

Fireworks celebrating the peace between France and the Empire, January 1698

Anonymous, French, 17th century

Kingdom of Jove with the banquet of the gods; set design from 'Il Pomo D'Oro'

Mathäus Küsel, after Ludovico Ottaviano Burnacini

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

Mathäus Küsel, after Ludovico Ottaviano Burnacini

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

Frontispiece, from The Building of St. Sulpice by Alexis Piron

Claude Augustin Duflos le Jeune, After François Boucher

Figures worshipping the statue of an armed figure; set design from 'Il Pomo D'Oro'

Mathäus Küsel, after Ludovico Ottaviano Burnacini

A man stands at center, flanked by rows of buildings; above Jupiter atop an eagle and Juno accompanied by a peacock, converse among the clouds; set design from 'Il Pomo D'Oro'

Mathäus Küsel, after Ludovico Ottaviano Burnacini