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Prison Interior for the Opera, "Caius Marius"

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Bernardino Galliari
1707-1794

Prison Interior for the Opera, "Caius Marius"

Jan. 1765.
12 3/8 x 17 3/8 inches (314 x 441 mm)
Pen and gray, black, and brown ink, over graphite, on paper; inner transformation scene in brown-red ink; framing line in pen and brown ink.
1982.75:249

Gift of Mrs. Donald M. Oenslager, 1982.

Notes
Probably a set design for the opera "Caius Marius" by Gaetano Roccaporte, performed at the Teatro Regio in Turin during Carnival 1765.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed along lower edge, in pen and brown ink, "Jugurta usurpator del regno della Numidia e tiranno, Mario, lo conduce in trionfo e poi fece morir di fame in / prigione con due suoi figli".
Associated names
Mayr, Michael, 1796-1870, former owner.
Fájt, Marianne, d. ca. 1955, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.
Oenslager, Donald, 1902-1975, former owner.
Roccaporte, Gaetano, 18th cent. Caius Marius.
Bibliography
Scholz, Janos, with an introduction by A. Hyatt Mayor. Baroque and Romantic Stage Design. New York : E.P. Dutton, 1962, no. 18, repr.
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department