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Alessandro Sanquirico
1777-1849
A Classical Hall with Two Figures in the Foreground
11 x 15 inches (280 x 382 mm)
Pen and ink, with watercolor and opaque watercolor, on blue paper.
1982.75:602
Gift of Mrs. Donald M. Oenslager, 1982.
Notes
A design for the ballet "Numa Pompilio" staged by Salvatore Vigano at La Scala, Milan, in 1815.
In 1962 Oenslager acquired the aquatint engraving made from this sketch "A. Sanquirico inv. e dip.-A. Biasioli inc.-Antonio Bossi of Milano, Editor." (P1982.75:603)
In 1962 Oenslager acquired the aquatint engraving made from this sketch "A. Sanquirico inv. e dip.-A. Biasioli inc.-Antonio Bossi of Milano, Editor." (P1982.75:603)
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed below design, "Appartamenti d'Ersilia. Ballo eroico Favaloso, Numa Pompilio inventato dal Sigr. Salvatore Vigano, 1815".
Associated names
Bittner, Norbert, 1786-1851, Formerly attributed to.
Mayr, Michael, 1796-1870, former owner.
Fájt, Marianne, d. ca. 1955, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.
Oenslager, Donald, 1902-1975
Mayr, Michael, 1796-1870, former owner.
Fájt, Marianne, d. ca. 1955, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.
Oenslager, Donald, 1902-1975
Bibliography
"FTD" vol. III, pl. 15 (as Norbert Bittner).
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