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Luigi Vanvitelli
1700-1773
A Court with an Obelisk Seen in Perspective. Verso: A study of a setting, similar to recto, and a separate study for an altar
1752
Pen and gray ink, with gray wash, over graphite, on paper; verso: graphite, pen and brown ink.
9 3/16 x 10 7/16 inches (234 x 265 mm)
Gift of Mrs. Donald M. Oenslager, 1982.
1982.75:650
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Drawing is of a lost scene for a production of "Dido and Aeneas", at the Theater in the Palace at Caserta in 1752.
Provenance:
Edmond Fatio, Geneva; from acquired in 1959 by Donald M. Oenslager, New York.
Associated names:
Fatio, Edmond, 1871-1959, former owner.
Oenslager, Donald, 1902-1975, former owner.
Bibliography:
Nicolas Rauch S.A. Dessins anciens : architecture, decoration, theatre, particulierment de l'epoque baroque : collection Edmond Fatio. Vente aux encheres a Genève. Genève : N. Rauch, 1959, p. 61.
Stampfle, Felice, and Jacob Bean. Drawings from New York collections. III: The eighteenth century in Italy. New York : Metropolitan Museum of Art : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1971, no. 172, repr.
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