Pianta e spaccato del nuovo teatro di Bologna

1771

Lorenzo Capponi, after Antonio Galli Bibiena

Associated Names
Lorenzo Capponi

Etcher, Italian, born 1733

Lelio dalla Volpe

Publisher, Italian, 1685 - 1749

Antonio Galli Bibiena

Artist After, Bolognese, 1700 - 1774

This is a drawing of the facade of a theater building. The image shows a detailed architectural illustration of a building with classical elements such as arches and columns, featuring two levels of evenly spaced windows with decorative pediments above each. The Italian text around the drawing indicates that this is the design or plan of a "new theater" in Bologna, dedicated to Count Girolamo Legnani by Lorenzo Capponi. The typography and style of the text reflect a formal and historical presentation, possibly indicative of an 18th-century document.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    Bound volume with 1 engraved title, 5 two-page engraved illustrations after Antonio Bibiena, 1 engraved headpiece, and 2 ornaments

  • Credit Line

    Purchased as the Gift of Vincent J. Buonanno

  • Dimensions

    book: 51 x 40.5 x 0.8 cm (20 1/16 x 15 15/16 x 5/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2009.94.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Berlin 1939, no. 2809

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Il Polifilo Libri Rari, Milan, 13-15 March, 2009, no. 7); purchased 2009 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1939

  • Kunstibibliothek. Katalog der Ornamentstich-Sammlung der Staatlichen Kunstbibliothek. II. Berlin, 1939: 2809.

Inscriptions

verso in graphite on last page upper right by later hand: DBIBBIENA[S?] / 3H.a.[?] / 5planche [?] / Berlin 2809/ [?] 752

Markings

red circled sticker on inside upper cover: A

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