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English: Drawing, Design for Stage Curtain: Temple of Fame, ca. 1815   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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English: Drawing, Design for Stage Curtain: Temple of Fame, ca. 1815
Description
English: Vertical format. Variation of design 1901-39-3181. Putto raises tablet with inscription "METAS" [tasio] near monument at left. No hermae shown, but upon entablature lie wreaths and frieze inscribed with names "ORFEO, CIMAROSA, ARISTOFANE, GOLDONI, SOFFOCLE, ALFIERI." Inscription below: "Teatro delle muse." Figures fill the scene, an angel in flight blows a horn at upper right. From the occulus at the top of the dome shines a beam of light onto a bust of a male figure being crowned by a winged figure.
Date circa 1815
date QS:P571,+1815-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, black chalk on off-white laid paper
Dimensions 27.5 x 27.6 cm (10 13/16 x 10 7/8 in.)
institution QS:P195,Q1129820
Current location
Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design
Accession number
1901-39-3184
Credit line Museum purchase through gift of various donors
Notes
  • Type: Drawing
  • Inscribed: Inscription in pen and brown ink, lower center: Teatro delle muse
  • Period: Neoclassical
  • Country: Italy
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