A study for one of the barges designed by Parigi for the Argonautica, one of the festivities to celebrate the wedding of Prince Cosimo de'Medici to the Archduchess Maria Maddalena in the autumn of 1608. A drawing for the same festivities by Cigoli is included in the sale as lot 194. Ottavio Rannucci published a description of the mock battle between the fleets of Argonauts, the part of Jason was played by Cosimo, and the inhabitants of Colchis. The battle was played out on the Arno between the bridges of Santa Trinità dal Levante and Carraia del Ponente on the evening of 3 November. The barge of the sea-god Glaucus was, according to Rannucci, filled with musicians to encourage both navies and was decorated with 'conchiglie e coralli, e altre maraviglie del mare' ['shells and corals, and other marvels from the sea']. The 19 designs for barges, of which Parigi was responsible for all except two, were engraved by Cantagallina. Thirteen drawings from the series were sold at Sotheby's, London, 5 July 1976, lots 33-8 and a further four are in the Uffizi, G.G. Bertelà and A. Petrioli Tofani, Feste e Apparati Medicei da Cosimo I a Cosimo II, Florence, 1969, nos. 77-80, illustrated