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ALESSANDRO SANQUIRICO (Milan 1780-1849)

The courtyard of a castle: Design for the stage

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ALESSANDRO SANQUIRICO (Milan 1780-1849)
The courtyard of a castle: Design for the stage
signed ' Alessandro Sanquirico invento e dipinse nell'S di Teatro della Scala in Milano' and with inscriptions 'Luogo remoto nell Parco d'un Castello nelle montagne dell'Asturia. Nel Melodrama Serio. Le Zingare dell' Asturia' (recto), 'Lugano Remoto nel Parco d'un Castello nelle Montagne dell'Asturia, circondato da alte Muraglie./Questa Scena fu eseguita per il Melodramma Serio Le Zingare dell'Asturia del Sr. Felice Romani, posto in musica dal Sr,. Carlo Soliva, che venne rap-/presentato nell'Imp. R. Teatro alla Scala l'Autunno dell'anno 1817' on the mount
pen and black ink, grey wash on engraved outlines
11 3/8 x 15 1/8 in. (289 x 385 mm.)
Provenance
August Laube, 1965
Lodewijk Houthakker, his mark (not in Lugt).
Literature
P. Fuhring, Design into Art-Drawings for Architecture: The Lodewijk Houthakker Collection, London, 1987, no. 945.
Exhibited
Amsterdam, Toneelsmuseum's-Hertogenbosch, Noordbrabants Museum, De achtergrond belicht. Ontwepen voor het theater 1580-1800, 1976, no. 72.
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