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Album of 18 theatre designs bound in marbled boards

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Antonio Basoli

Album of 18 theatre designs bound in marbled boards

223 x 165 mm
1982.75:63 (1-18)

Gift of Mrs. Donald M. Oenslager, 1982.

Notes
A series of theatre drawings, probably made for the Roman court, Basoli studied at the academy at Bologna and later moved to Rome where he decorated palaces and theaters with his architectural perspectives. A series of these decorations was engraved by Francesco Cocci, Burdise, in 1810 under the title "Raccolta di Perspettiva Serie Rustiche e dei Paesaggio" but the present theatre designs remain unpublished.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed on cover: "Schizzo Scenografico, Ant. Basoli." Inscribed inside front cover" "Ex Libris Edmond Fatio".
Associated names
Oenslager, Donald, 1902-1975, former owner.
Fatio, Edmond, 1871-1959, former owner.
Schab, William H., former owner.
Bibliography
Ferrari's "La Scenografia" (Milan 1902) pl. 80. Meyer: "Allgemeines Künstlerlexicon," vol. III, p. 101.
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department