Stage Design: A Piazza with a Domed Church and an Obelisk

1783

Giuseppino Galliari

Associated Names
Giuseppino Galliari

Artist, Italian, 1752 - 1817

The image shows a drawing of an architectural scene with detailed structures. Columns, arches, a dome with sculptures, a colonnade, an obelisk, and classical buildings curving into the distance are depicted. The drawing is executed with fine, precise lines and hatching for shading. The color palette is mainly grayscale.

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Giovanni Piancastelli, Rome (Lugt 2078a); Seiferheld and Co., New York; William B. O'Neal [1907-1994], Charlottesville, VA, October 1971; gift to NGA, 1991.

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Exhibition History

1973

  • Master Drawings from the Collection of William B. O'Neal, Walter Cecil Rawls Museum, Courtland, VA and tour, 1973-75.

1993

  • Drawings from the O'Neal Collection. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1993, 21.

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.

Inscriptions

lower left in pen and brown ink: Gran piazza Romana. Geneve 1783 Giusepino; by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: 12

Wikidata ID

Q64572509

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