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Lorenzo Sacchetti

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Lorenzo Sacchetti
Classical Arches on a Raised Terrace before s Palace Façade. Verso: Sketch of a Landscape
Pen and brown ink, with gray and brown wash, over graphite, on paper ; verso: pen and brown ink.
7 5/16 x 10 1/4 inches (186 x 260 mm)
Gift of Mrs. Donald M. Oenslager, 1982.
1982.75:571
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Design is for a production of the opera "Coriolanus" by Heinrich Joseph von Collin (1772-1811), Vienna, 1806.

Provenance: 
Michael Mayr, Eisenstadt and Vienna (no mark; see Lugt S. 1804a); by descent to Marianne Fajt, Eisenstadt (see Lugt S. 1804a); János Scholz, New York (no mark; see Lugt S. 2933b); acquired in 1951 by Donald M. Oenslager, New York.
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.
Collin, Heinrich Joseph von, 1772-1811. Coriolan.

Bibliography: 

Theatrical Designs from the Baroque through Neoclassicism. New York : H. Bittner, 1940, v. 2, pl. 10.

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Sacchetti, Lorenzo
School: 
Italian
Century: 
18th century
Classification: 
Drawing
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Drawings and Prints