Fireworks and triumphal arch erected in Buda to celebrate the expulsion of the Turks, September 1686 1686

This anonymous engraving, *Fireworks and triumphal arch erected in Buda to celebrate the expulsion of the Turks, September 1686,* depicts the celebratory fireworks and a triumphal arch erected in Buda, Hungary, to commemorate the expulsion of the Ottoman Turks from the city in 1686. The engraving features a grand, elaborate arch topped with the imperial eagle of the Holy Roman Empire, and the fireworks burst forth from the surrounding area. The inclusion of both fireworks and a triumphal arch exemplifies the Baroque era's fascination with theatricality and spectacle. This piece now resides in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.