Giacomo Torelli

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Giacomo Torelli
1608-1678
Sea with Ships seen through a Rocky Cavern
Gouache on paper.
12 1/8 x 16 1/2 inches (309 x 420 mm)
Gift of Mrs. Donald M. Oenslager, 1982.
1982.75:635:2

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This may be a scene design for the "Orphee" performed at Le Théâtre Royale de Bourbon in Paris in 1647. Charles Errand worked with Torelli on this production, which was a failure. Much of the scenery was used in 1650 for "Andromede".

Provenance: 
Léon Bakst; Lucien Goldschmidt; acquired in 1962 by Donald M. Oenslager.
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Oenslager, Donald, 1902-1975, former owner.
Bakst, Léon, 1866-1924, former owner.

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