Bernardino Galliari

1707-1794

A Wood Sacred to Diana

1762

Pen and brown ink, over graphite, on paper; framing line in brown ink.

13 7/16 x 19 5/16 inches (342 x 490 mm)

Gift of Mrs. Donald M. Oenslager, 1982.

1982.75:262

Notes:

Setting for the opera, "Iffigenia," performed in Turin, Teatro Regio, 1762.

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.

Bibliography:

Viale Ferrero, Mercedes. La scenografia del '700 e I fratelli Galliari. Turin : Fratelli Pozzo, 1963, p. 160, pl. 60.

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