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Drawing, Pavilion in a park
This is a Drawing. It is dated ca. 1625–50 and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is pen and brown ink with gray wash and traces of graphite on off-white laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.
The Commedia dell’Arte was the Italian popular comedy developed during the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries in which masked entertainers improvised from a plot outline based on themes associated with stock characters and situations. The masked figure leaning over the balustrade and other figures probably belonged to an itinerant company. Performances of the plays did not necessarily take place inside a theater; the huge constructions used outdoors for royal feasts or processions often provided the stage where actors performed.
It is credited Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund.
Its dimensions are
38.9 × 27.9 cm (15 5/16 in. × 11 in.)
Cite this object as
Drawing, Pavilion in a park; Italy; pen and brown ink with gray wash and traces of graphite on off-white laid paper; 38.9 × 27.9 cm (15 5/16 in. × 11 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund; 1938-88-7296
