Pantomime with fireworks performed for the marriage of Emperor Leopold I to the Infanta Margarita of Spain in Vienna, 1666

Plate 1: The Toilette of Venus; Venus reclining at center, gazing into a mirror held by Cupid, attendants fix her hair while a putto ties her sandal, above her chariot appears on a cloud; from the series 'The Loves of Venus and Adonis'

Etienne Baudet, After Francesco Albani

Equestrian Ballet in the Amphitheater of the Boboli Gardens

Stefano della Bella

The Palace Gardens at Nancy

Jacques Callot

The Palace Gardens at Nancy

Jacques Callot

Walled Garden

Lucas Gassel

The Court of the Great Mogul ('t Hof vanden grooten Mogol)

Anonymous, Dutch, 17th century, Jacob van Meurs

Design for a Stage Set: Semi-Circular Colonnaded Building, a Bridge Surmounted by a Tempietto, a Fountain in the Foreground and Putti Bearing Garlands.

Antonio Basoli

The altar of the holy sacrament; at left, the sacrament beneath a canopy, carried in procession and followed by the Louis XIV and Anne of Austria heading towards a large arched structure, spectators at left and right kneel in front of tapestries after Raphael

Stefano della Bella

Villa Pamphili outside Porta S. Pancrazio, from Views of Rome

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

The Dutch Victory over the French and Spanish at Vigo Bay: Fireworks in the Hague, December 13, 1702

Jan van Vianen

A sacrifice to the Olympian gods taking place at the end of a path lined with statues and foliage; set design from 'Il Fuoco Eterno'

Mathäus Küsel, after Ludovico Ottaviano Burnacini

Vue du Château de Versailles, du côté de l'allée et de la fontaine du Dragon

Israël Silvestre