Pietro Gonzaga (1751-1831)

Two designs for the stage: The courtyard of a palace; and The fortified moat of a castle

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Pietro Gonzaga (1751-1831)
Two designs for the stage: The courtyard of a palace; and The fortified moat of a castle
inscribed 'Dio ti vede' and dated '1814' (1) and respectively numbered '43' and '30'
pen and brown ink, brown and grey (1) wash
7¾ x 13½ in. (198 x 342 mm.)a pair (2)

Provenance

A Russian framer's label.An unidentifed collector's seal 'MR'.
Anon. sale; American Art Association, New York, 27-8 March 1930, lot 89 (part of a lot of three drawings).

Lot Essay

Gonzaga worked as a stage designer at the Teatro della Scala, Milan, before moving to Saint Petersburg in 1793. There he designed stage decorations for the Imperial Theatre. The two present drawings were executed during the artist's Russian period and have a Russian provenance. A drawing by Gonzaga similar in size and style was with Flavia Ormond, Italian Old Master Drawings, New York, 1997, no. 14.

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