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Ceiling of Ballroom decorated for the Marriage of the King of Naples to the Archduchess of Austria
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Ceiling of Ballroom decorated for the Marriage of the King of Naples to the Archduchess of Austria

Luigi Vanvitelli

1700–1773

Medium

Pen and black-gray ink, brush and gray wash over traces of freehand graphite (figures) and of compass and ruled construction lines in graphite

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Dimensions

13-3/16 x 18-1/16 in. (33.5 x 45.8 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1964

Classification

Drawings

Department

Drawings and Prints

Rights

Public Domain

About Luigi Vanvitelli

1700–1773

Born 12 May 1700; died 1 March 1773. Famous for his design for the Royal Palace at Caserta, built 1751. Vanvitelli was active in Rome, Naples and nearby towns, also Brescia, Milan and Genoa. Comment on works: Portraits

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