Pomp and state: Baroque festivities at the Viennese court

The young Louis XIV in the main role of Apollo in the *Ballet royal de la nuit*, 1653

 

Jan Thomas: Emperor Leopold I in theatrical costume, c. 1667, copper

 

Giuseppe Galli-Bibiena: set design: Dungeon, washed pen-and-ink drawing, watercolour

 

Depiction of a foot combat tournament at the court of Emperor Ferdinand III, 1652, single folio from *La Gara*, repro-negative after an engraving

 

Lodovico Ottavio Burnacini: Costume sketches: ‘Nani e Maschere ridicole’, c. 1680, watercolour and opaque colour on paper.

 

Lodovico Ottavio Burnacini: Costume sketches: ‘Maschere’, designs for costumes to be worn at Court festivities: ‘Turchi’, leaf with two costumed figures, c. 1680, watercolour and opaque colour with gold and silver highlights