Marriage of Cosimo III and Margherita Luisa d'Orléans
by BELLA, Stefano della, Etching
The splendid festivities held on the occasion of the wedding of Prince Cosimo de’ Medici with Margherita Luisa d’Orl�ans on June 20, 1661, at the Palazzo Pitti are preserved in a series of etchings by Stefano della Bella. This sheet shows the dazzling aggrandizing display of the ceremonies at the amphitheatre, built in the 1630s behind the residence in the Boboli Gardens.