Giostra dei Caroselli - Carro di Ercole, Filippo Lauri, circa 1660

Hercules' chariot - detail of the painting la giostra dei caroselli, a work which depicts the sumptuous allegorical parade organized at palazzo barberini, during the carnival of 1656, in honor of christina of sweden who had recently arrived in rome after her abdication from the swedish throne. Date: circa 1660.