Celebration in the Castle Courtyard: Stuttgart

Feuerwerk anlässlich der Taufe von Herzog Friedrich zu Württemberg-Neuenstadt 1616 IMG

The baptism of Duke Friedrich of Württemberg-Neuenstadt in 1616 was celebrated with a fireworks display in the castle courtyard in Stuttgart.

Matthäus Merian the Elder. (1593–1650), fireworks on the occasion of the baptism of Duke Friedrich of Württemberg-Neuenstadt 1616, etching, 375 x 301 mm, 1616, in: Hulsen, Esaias van / Merian, Matthäus: Representatio der fvrstlichen Avfzug und Ritterspil, Stuttgart 1616; source: Herzog August Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel, Signatur: 36.17.3 Geom. 2° (1-79).