Stage Design

c. 1755

Mauro Antonio Tesi

Artist, Bolognese, 1730 - 1766

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and brown ink with brown wash over graphite

  • Credit Line

    Gift of William B. O'Neal

  • Dimensions

    Overall: 13.9 x 18 cm (5 1/2 x 7 1/16 in.)
    support: 21.2 x 25.7 cm (8 3/8 x 10 1/8 in.)

  • Accession

    1984.87.2


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

P. Claas, London; S.I. Kaufman (inv. 55); Seiferheld and Co., New York; William B. O'Neal [1907-1994], Charlottesville, VA, January 1972; gift 1984 to the National Gallery of Art.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1969

  • Fantastic and Ornamental Drawings: A Selection from the Kaufmann Collection. Exh. cat. Portsmouth College of Art, Portsmouth, England, 1969, 58.

1973

  • Master Drawings from the Collection of William B. O'Neal, Walter Cecil Rawls Museum, Courtland, VA and tour, 1973-1975.

1993

  • Drawings from the O'Neal Collection. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington 1993, 16.

1996

  • Drawings from the O'Neal Collection, Georgia Museum of Art, The University of Georgia, Athens, 4 May-16 June, 1996.

Bibliography

1975

  • "Drawings for Theater and Architecture: A Special View of a Noted Virginia Collection of Master Drawings," Arts in Virginia, 15 (Spring 1975), 2, 8 (illus.).

Inscriptions

upper right verso in graphite: Grun MK. 16 x 22; lower right verso in graphite on mount: 3443-Seiferheld

Wikidata ID

Q64609121


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