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The volume titled Ilario Spolverini. Pittore di battaglie e di cerimonie edited by Raffaella Arisi Riccardi (Catalogue of the exhibition “Società e cultura nella Piacenza del Settecento Vol. 6”) offers a detailed study of the painter Ilario Spolverini (1657-1734) and his activities in the Duchy of Parma and Piacenza. It examines his prolific output in the genres of battle scenes and ceremonial court representations, situating them within the patronage of the Farnese and the visual culture of the early 18th-century Italian provincial court. Richly illustrated and grounded in archival research, the volume highlights Spolverini’s role in the production of large-scale historical-decorative cycles and his contribution to the visual articulation of ducal prestige and ceremonial display. The work is significant for scholars of late Baroque painting, court spectacle, and the interrelation of art and aristocratic power in provincial settings.