Fireworks display with triumphal arch supported by three pontoons on the water, decorated with symbols of Louis XIV

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

Jan van Vianen

Festival for Saint Placidus, Messina, August 2, 1589: Fireworks Obelisk

Written by Filippo Gotho, Printed by Fausto Bufalini

Engagement of Princess Charlotte to William of Orange, London, 1813

Anonymous, British, 19th century

Fountain with a Rock Arch in a Park

Israel Silvestre

Festival for the Family of the Elector of Saxony, Dresden, February 28, 1678: Hercules Fireworks

Unknown Artist

Triumphal arch covered in foliage with mounted troops below, a temporary decoration for the entry of Pope Clement VIII in Bologna in 1598

Guido Reni

Catafalque for Marchese Bartolomeo Ruspoli, S. Maria in Vallicella, Rome, September 21, 1681

Johannes Collin, After Giovanni Battista Contini, Giovanni Giacomo De Rossi

Temple Monument in a Park on a Lake

Peter Speeth

Elevation of a Catafalque: Two Pedestals with Candelabra at Sides; with Central Obelisk Surrounded by Candelabra (recto); Sketch of architecture: archway and corner with pillars (verso)

Workshop of Giuseppe Galli Bibiena

Design for Garden Architecture

Sébastien Leclerc I

Designs for Components of Stage Sets: at Bottom: Spiral and Wreathed-Colonnaded Pavillion with Central Arch Surmounted by Military Trophy and Another Hanging Inside Arch; at Top: Centralized Pavillion Decorated by Pediment Surmounted by Fountain

Workshop of Giuseppe Galli Bibiena

Genealogical Tree of the Austrian Royal Family, plate 32 from Casperius Gevartius, Pompa Introitus Honori Serenissimi Principis Ferdinandi (Triumphal Entry of the Most Serene and Honorable Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand)

Theodoor van Thulden