Title

Festa della Porchetta in Bologna, Collection of festival prints, Mazza, Angelo Michele, d. 1726, Etching, ca. 1716

Caption

Festa della Porchetta in Bologna, Collection of festival prints, Mazza, Angelo Michele, d. 1726, Etching, ca. 1716, The print represents a temporary architecture constructed for the festa della Porchetta or feast of the Roast Pig in Bologna. Beyond the square enclosed by galleries and arches, a concave palace is adorned with spiral columns, arcades and balconies. Fowls hang from the branches of trees in an enclosed garden. Two bulls, just let loose, are chased by men on foot holding lances. The insignia of the Gonfaloniere and eight Anziani, the city elders and ruling families, are shown in the upper part of the image

Info+

The J. Paul Getty Museum

Date

1716

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT19B34_420

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

32,2Mb (2,2Mb) / 13,0in x 9,6in / 3900 x 2887 (300dpi)

Keywords

Festa della Porchetta Bologna Collection festival prints Mazza Angelo Michele d 1726 Etching 1716 print represents temporary architecture constructed festa della Porchetta feast Roast Pig Bologna Beyond square enclosed galleries arches concave palace adorned spiral columns arcades balconies Fowls