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Now Open! Pomp and Power: Antoinette Bouzonnet Stella’s “Entrance of the Emperor Sigismond into Mantua”
Posted: February 2, 2010
Category: Pomp And Power
Learn more about artist Antoinette Bouzonnet Stella, whose work Plate 1 from "L'Entree de l'Empereur Sigismond a Mantoue" (1675) is featured in the NMWA collection.
A black-and-white, horizontal print depicts multiple Roman-style male figures on horseback. They hold weapons or brass musical instruments and process, somewhat chaotically, towards the viewer's right.