Proscenium and Stage Design: Scene 1, Ballet celebrating the marriage of Leopoldo Cesare, Duke of Mantua, and Claudia Felice, Archduchess of Austria, 1674
date: label: Date
content: 1674
name: label: Artist
content: Giuseppe Maria Mitelli, 1634 – 1718
label: Client
content: Leopold I, Austrian, 1640 - 1705
label: Client
content: Claudia Felicitas, Italian, 1653 - 1676
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: A view of a stage and elaborate proscenium arch, through which a scene featuring a deep perspectival view populated by classical dieties. The red chalk is restricted to the figures and setting on stage, creating a strong contrast between the drama and surrounding architecture. A coat of arms appears at the top of the sheet, worked into the proscenium arch. Evidence of reworking of the design can be seen throughout this somewhat unfinished drawing.
place: label: Place
content: Italy
label: made in
content: Italy
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1938-88-114
objectType: label: Type
content: theater
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pen and brown ink, black and red chalk on white laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: 33.1 x 45.5 cm (13 1/16 x 17 15/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Mat: 55.9 x 71.1 cm (22 x 28 in.)