Bernardino Galliari
1707-1794
Royal Palace, Scene for the Opera "Tamurlane"
Black and red chalk, over graphite, on paper; framing and measuring lines in pen and brown ink; computations at lower left in pen and gray ink, over red chalk.
13 11/16 x 18 1/2 inches (336 x 470 mm)
Gift of Mrs. Donald M. Oenslager, 1982.
1982.75:251
Inscription:
Inscribed at lower left corner, in pen and gray ink, "H. Tamurlane--Turino, 1753"; at lower right, in pen and black ink, ".SL. [illegible].[r]Öp.".
Provenance:
Michael Mayr, Eisenstadt and Vienna (Lugt S. 1804a); by descent to Marianne Fajt, Eisenstadt (see Lugt S. 1804a); Janos 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.
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