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Pietro Righini
1683-1742
Left Half of the Atrium of a Royal Palace for an Opera in Milan
ca. 1720
8 3/16 x 5 7/8 inches (208 x 149 mm)
Pen and brown ink and wash, over graphite, on paper mounted on blue paper.
1982.75:538
Gift of Mrs. Donald M. Oenslager, 1982.
Notes
This drawing is for an engraving reproduced by Hans Tintelnot in "Barocktheater und barocke Kunst : die Entwicklungsgeschichte der Fest- und Theater-Dekoration in ihrem Verhältnis zur barocken Kunst". Berlin : Gebr. Mann, 1939, pl. 32, no. 77.
The engraving is from a portfolio of etchings entitled, "Theatrealische Verändergungen, vorgestellt in einer zu Mayland vergestellt Opera; Inventiert von Pietro Righini, zu finden bey Martin Engelbrecht, Kupferstecher und Kunstverleger in Augsburg," ca. 1720.
The engraving is from a portfolio of etchings entitled, "Theatrealische Verändergungen, vorgestellt in einer zu Mayland vergestellt Opera; Inventiert von Pietro Righini, zu finden bey Martin Engelbrecht, Kupferstecher und Kunstverleger in Augsburg," ca. 1720.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed on verso of mount, in pen and brown ink, "Disegno del sig. Pietro Righini, Parmeggiano - de sua mano propra".
Associated names
Bittner, Herbert, former owner.
Oenslager, Donald, 1902-1975, former owner.
Oenslager, Donald, 1902-1975, former owner.
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Century Drawings
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