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A Royal Square with Obelisk Fountain and Harbor in the Background. Verso: Sketch of a Courtyard Seen through a Large Arch

Fabrizio G. Galliari
1709-1790

A Royal Square with Obelisk Fountain and Harbor in the Background. Verso: Sketch of a Courtyard Seen through a Large Arch

1762.
12 3/4 x 18 3/16 inches (324 x 463 mm)
Pen and brown ink, with brown wash, over graphite, on paper; framing line in brown ink; verso: graphite.
1982.75:264

Gift of Mrs. Donald M. Oenslager, 1982.

Notes
A setting for the opera "Demetrio" by G. Ponzo, performed in 1762 in Turin for Vittorio Amadeo, King of Sardinia.
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.
Bibliography
Scholz, Janos, with an introduction by A. Hyatt Mayor. Baroque and Romantic Stage Design. New York : E.P. Dutton, 1962, no. 71, repr.
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department