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Bernardino Galliari
1707-1794
Alexander the Great in the Temple of Jove Addressing a Priest
ca. 1760.
12 3/8 x 17 1/2 inches (314 x 445 mm)
Pen and brown and black ink, over red chalk, on paper; framing line in black ink.
1982.75:247
Gift of Mrs. Donald M. Oenslager, 1982.
Notes
A set for the opera, "Alexander the Great," performed in Turin at the Teatro Regino.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed along upper edge of sheet upside down in relation to drawing, in pen and black ink, "Alessandro nel tempio del Giove AmoneÖ chiamato dal Sacerdote figlio di Giove".
Associated names
Mayr, Michael, 1796-1870, former owner.
Fájt, Marianne, d. ca. 1955
Scholz, János, former owner.
Oenslager, Donald, 1902-1975, former owner.
Fájt, Marianne, d. ca. 1955
Scholz, János, former owner.
Oenslager, Donald, 1902-1975, former owner.
Bibliography
Scholz, Janos, with an introduction by A. Hyatt Mayor. Baroque and Romantic Stage Design. New York : E.P. Dutton, 1962, no. 49, repr.
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Century Drawings
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