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Jacques Callot, Ferdinando I ordina le fortificazioni di Livorno
Jacques Callot, Ferdinando I ordina le fortificazioni di Livorno

1615-1621
Copper engraving; 20,1x30,1 cm
Pisa, Archivio di Stato, Stampe antiche e moderne n. 4, st. sc.

View of the fortification work in the port of Leghorn, strongly supported by Ferdinando I. The engraving commemorates the project launched by Cosimo I with the foundation of the Order of the Knights of Saint Stephen and the development of the Medicean fleet.