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- Artists
- Mucha, Alphonse
 - Manufacturer
- Chaix, Paris
- Edition Details
| Year: | 1896 | | Class: | Poster | | Status: | Official | | Technique: | Lithograph | | Size: | 11.5 X 15.75 |
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- Series
- Les Maitre de L'Affiches 114
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The character of Lorenzaccio, in the play by Alfred de Musset, is based on Lorenzo the Magnificent, the most powerful of the Medicis, who ruled the city-state of Florence. In the play, Lorenzaccio struggles desperately to save Florence, which had grown rich during his reign from the grip of a power-hungry conqueror. Mucha represents this tyranny by a dragon menacing the city coat of arms and portrays Lorenzaccio pondering the course of his action.
The play opened December 3, 1896.
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