Filippo Juvarra

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Filippo Juvarra
1678-1736
Left Half of a Large Hall and Staircase. Verso: Palace wing and ruins with sketches of architectural details
Pen and brown ink, with brown wash, over graphite, on paper; verso: graphite, and pen and brown ink over graphite.
11 1/4 x 14 5/8 inches (286 x 371 mm)
Gift of Mrs. Donald M. Oenslager, 1982.
1982.75:386

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This one may be for the opera "Ciro".

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Numbered at upper left, in pen and brown ink, "62"; at upper center, "61".

Provenance: 
Giovanni Piancastelli, Rome (Lugt 2078a); Edward and Mary Brandegee, Boston (Lugt 1860c); János Scholz, New York (see Lugt S. 2933b); Donald M. Oenslager, New York.
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Piancastelli, Giovanni, 1845-1926, former owner.
Brandegee, Edward, former owner.
Brandegee, Mary, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.
Oenslager, Donald, 1902-1975, former owner.

Bibliography: 

Scholz, János, with an introduction by A. Hyatt Mayor. Baroque and Romantic Stage Design. New York : E.P. Dutton, 1962, no. 47, repr.

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