Wedding Feast of Grand Duke of Toscany
around 1590 | Domenico Cresti, gen. Passignano
In 1589, the son of Cosimo I de’Medici married Christina of Lorraine, a member of the French royal family. To welcome the royal bride a number of sumptuous banquets and theatre performances were held in Florence and the city was adorned with decorations produced by various artists, among them Passignano. Placed at an oblique angle, the banqueting table leads us into a wide columned hall, which brings to mind Venetian banquets. The, for a Florentine, unusually painterly handling also references the art of Venice, with which Passignano became familiar during his long sojourn in the Serenissima.
In 1589, the son of Cosimo I de’Medici married Christina of Lorraine, a member of the French royal family. To welcome the royal bride a number of sumptuous banquets and theatre performances were held in Florence and the city was adorned with decorations produced by various artists, among them Passignano. Placed at an oblique angle, the banqueting table leads us into a wide columned hall, which brings to mind Venetian banquets. The, for a Florentine, unusually painterly handling also references the art of Venice, with which Passignano became familiar during his long sojourn in the Serenissima.
Artist:
Domenico Cresti, gen. Passignano (um 1559 Passignano - 1638 Florenz) DNB
Depiction/Person:
Ferdinando I. di Giovanni de' Medici (1549 - 1609) DNB
Time:
around 1590
Object Name
Painting
Culture
Italian, middle Italian
Material/technology:
Canvas
Dimensions:
150,5 cm × 205,5 cm
Framed (gallery frame with inscriptions): 171 cm × 223,5 cm × 8 cm
Copyright
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Gemäldegalerie
Invs.
Gemäldegalerie, 1522
Provenance
1792 by trade from Florence to Vienna