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Agostino Mitelli
1609-1660
Album of Drawings. Part I: Architectural Motifs; Part II: Designs for the Theater
Mostly pen and brown ink, with brown or gray wash, on paper.
11 7/16 x 8 5/16 inches (290 x 212 mm)
Gift of Mrs. Donald M. Oenslager, 1982.
1982.75:412
Notes:
The drawings are in two series, the first numbered 1-141, the second numbered 1-97 (recent numeration). The first series contains designs for Baroque architectural motifs (interiors, exteriors, gardens, ornamental vases). There are a few drawings of church altars or shrines within rich architectural framing. The second series contains designs for the theatre.
Ebria Feinblatt and Donald Oenslager questioned the attribution to Giuseppe Maria Mitelli (1634-1718).
Provenance:
Probably H.P. Kraus, New York; acquired in 1965 by Donald M. Oenslager, New York.
Associated names:
Kraus, Hans Peter, 1907-1988, former owner.
Oenslager, Donald, 1902-1975, former owner.
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