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Drawing, Stage Design: Columned Hall with Sculpture and Inscriptions Relating to the Aenead
This is a Drawing. It was created by Ludovico Ottavio Burnacini. It is dated late 17th century and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is pen and black ink, brush and wash on wove paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.
It is credited Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund.
Its dimensions are
H x W: 62.6 × 97.1 cm (24 5/8 × 38 1/4 in.)
It is inscribed
Inscribed in pen and black ink below sculpture: TURNO; ULISSE DIOMEDE; ACHIL/LE; ALA/ CE; CAS/SAN/DRA; ENEH; ENEA E ANCHI/SE/CREVSA E ASCAN/IO; PRI/A/MO; EC/BA; MENELAO/ED/ELENA; ANDROM/E/PIRRO; ELE/NO; PARIDE/ED/ELENA; ENEA/ELENA VENERI; ETIO/RE; AN/CA. Inscribed by a later hand at lower left: Buraccini fece.
Cite this object as
Drawing, Stage Design: Columned Hall with Sculpture and Inscriptions Relating to the Aenead; Ludovico Ottavio Burnacini (Italian, 1636–1707); pen and black ink, brush and wash on wove paper; H x W: 62.6 × 97.1 cm (24 5/8 × 38 1/4 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund; 1938-88-1
