Giovanni Battista Maganza
1509-1589
Boy and a Noble Older Man ("Fanciulo nobile de la Regina" and "Uomo Nobile")
12 x 8 1/4 inches (305 x 209 mm)
Pen and brown ink and wash, over black chalk, on paper.
1993.156
Gift of Janos Scholz.
Notes
This and the following No. are probably costume designs for Sophocles', "Edipo Tiranno" (Oedipus Rex/Oedipus the Tryant), the inaugural play performed at the Teatro Olimpico, Vicenza, in 1585. In the documents relating to the play, Giovanni Battista Maganza is mentioned as the designer of the costumes.
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Watermark: Crossbow, placed on chain line.
Associated names
Moscardo family, former owner.
Calceolari, Marquis de, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.
Calceolari, Marquis de, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.
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Classification
Century Drawings
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