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Fabrizio G. Galliari
1709-1790
A Royal Square with Obelisk Fountain and Harbor in the Background. Verso: Sketch of a Courtyard Seen through a Large Arch
1762
Pen and brown ink, with brown wash, over graphite, on paper; framing line in brown ink; verso: graphite.
12 3/4 x 18 3/16 inches (324 x 463 mm)
Gift of Mrs. Donald M. Oenslager, 1982.
1982.75:264
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A setting for the opera "Demetrio" by G. Ponzo, performed in 1762 in Turin for Vittorio Amadeo, King of Sardinia.
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:
Scholz, Janos, with an introduction by A. Hyatt Mayor. Baroque and Romantic Stage Design. New York : E.P. Dutton, 1962, no. 71, repr.
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