Disegni del convito fatto dall'illustrissimo signor senatore Francesco Ratta all'illustrissimo publico, eccelsi signori anziani & altra nobilità : terminando il svo confalonierato li 28. febraro 1693

Chiarini, Marcantonio, 1652-1730, Giovannini, Giacomo-Maria, 1667-1717, Zaccarini, Giovanni Battista, 17th cent, Mazza, Giuseppe, 1652 or 53-1740 or 41, Sarti, Sebastiano, d. ca. 1740 · 1693 · In Bologna : Per li Peri ... · 7 pictures

This is a 1693 Bologna print book by Marcantonio Chiarini, Giacomo-Maria Giovannini, Giovanni Battista Zaccarini and Giuseppe Mazza, recording a banquet given by senator Francesco Ratta for the city's nobility and magistrates. Its engravings show ornate sugar-sculpture centrepieces, tiered and carved with scrolls, cherubs and figures, plus a banquet hall with a fountain. A designer might take the dense Baroque scroll-work and the tiered, sculptural table-centre forms as reference for ornament.

Ratta, Francesco, 17th cent · Dinners and dining · Entertaining · Sugar sculpture

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