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Print, Transverse Section, Proscenium, and Curtain, Teatro Filarmonico, Verona, 1731
This is a Print. It was designed by Francesco Galli Bibiena and Saverio Avesani and engraved by Francesco Zucchi. It is dated 1731 and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is etching on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.
The theater curtain was painted by Michelangelo Spada. The motto in Greek above says: "For pleasure and profit, it (the theater) is intended, as Plato intended, to improve customs, which must be the aim of dramatic poets."
This object was
bequest of
Erskine Hewitt.
It is credited Bequest of Erskine Hewitt.
Its dimensions are
H x W: 23.1 × 29.8 cm (9 1/8 × 11 3/4 in.)
Cite this object as
Print, Transverse Section, Proscenium, and Curtain, Teatro Filarmonico, Verona, 1731; Designed by Francesco Galli Bibiena (Italian, 1659 - 1739), Saverio Avesani (Italian, b. 1690); Engraved by Francesco Zucchi (Italian, 1692 - 1739); etching on paper; H x W: 23.1 × 29.8 cm (9 1/8 × 11 3/4 in.); Bequest of Erskine Hewitt; 1938-57-1444
