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Selva Albunea : nel ballo Enea nel Lazio / Lita Ricordi ; Sanquirico inv.

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Alessandro Sanquirico
1777-1849

Selva Albunea : nel ballo Enea nel Lazio / Lita Ricordi ; Sanquirico inv.

1982.75:754.1

Gift of Mrs. Donald M. Oenslager, 1982.

Notes
Below caption title: Eseguita nell'Ie. Ro. Teatro alla Scala la primavera dell'anno 1829.
Lithographic print illustrating a scene from the 1829 ballet "Enea nel Lazio" as it was performed at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan, with set designs by Alessandro Sanquirico and choreography by Giovanni Galzerani.
Above image at upper right: No 116; below caption: No 482.
One of a series of six prints depicting scenes and stage settings from the ballet "Enea nel Lazio"; housed in printed lithographic wrappers with blank spaces for the contents provided in manuscript and reading: Nuova raccolta / di scene teatrali / inventate dal celebre / Sanquirico / e pubblicate da Giovanni Ricordi / Editore di Musica dirimpetto all'I. R. Teatro alla Scala in Milano / Fascicolo [21] Contenente No. [6] Scene del [Enea nel Lazio] / Firenze Presso Ricordi, Pozzi e Compo.
Summary

Exterior scene with a figure seated at the base of a lighted shrine in a woodland setting of trees, rocks and a waterfall at left; a three line Italian quotation in center of print.

Associated names
Ricordi, Giovanni, -1853, publisher, printer.
Oenslager, Donald, 1902-1975, former owner.
Century Drawings
Department