The Grande Sala di Ballo of the Doge's Palace with Desdemona declaring her love for Othello before the Doge
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ALESSANDRO SANQUIRICO (Milan 1780-1849)
The Grande Sala di Ballo of the Doge's Palace with Desdemona declaring her love for Othello before the Doge
signed 'Alessandro Sanquirico invento e dispinse nell' S. di Teatro della Scala in Milan', and with inscriptions 'Grande Sala di ballo nel Palazzo Ducale di Venezia Questa scena fu eseguita per Ballo tragico Otello, ossia il Moro di Venezia invento e posto sulle Scene dell'IR Teatro alla Scala da Salvatore Vignano il Carnovale dell' Anno 1818' on the mount
pen and black ink, grey wash on engraved outlines
11 3/8 x 15 in. (289 x 383 mm.)
The Grande Sala di Ballo of the Doge's Palace with Desdemona declaring her love for Othello before the Doge
signed 'Alessandro Sanquirico invento e dispinse nell' S. di Teatro della Scala in Milan', and with inscriptions 'Grande Sala di ballo nel Palazzo Ducale di Venezia Questa scena fu eseguita per Ballo tragico Otello, ossia il Moro di Venezia invento e posto sulle Scene dell'IR Teatro alla Scala da Salvatore Vignano il Carnovale dell' Anno 1818' on the mount
pen and black ink, grey wash on engraved outlines
11 3/8 x 15 in. (289 x 383 mm.)
Provenance
August Laube, 1965.
Lodewijk Houthakker, his mark (not in Lugt).
Lodewijk Houthakker, his mark (not in Lugt).
Literature
P. Fuhring, Design into Art-Drawings for Architecture: The Lodewijk Houthakker Collection, London, 1987, no. 946.
Exhibited
Amsterdam, Toneelsmuseum/'s-Hertogenbosch, Noordbrabants Museum, De achtergrond belicht. Ontwepen voor het theater 1580-1800, 1976, no. 73
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