Design for a Stage Set
1830–90
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1953
Accession Number
53.529.55
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the enchanting world of 19th theater with Eugène Cicéri's *Design for a Stage Set* (1830–90), a captivating drawing from the Metropolitan Museum of's Drawings and Prints department. Cicéri, a prominent French artist and set designer, specialized in creating immersive scenic backdrops for opera houses like the Paris Opéra. work, tagged with motifs of stage design and interiors, exemplifies his talent for crafting detailed, atmospheric environments that blurred the line between reality and illusion on stage. As a drawing, likely executed in techniques such as watercolor or gouache on ...
About the Artist
Eugène Cicéri · 1813–1890
Étienne Eugène Cicéri (1813-1890) was a French painter, lithographer, and theatrical designer who became a notable figure in the Barbizon School movement. Born in Paris on January 27, 1813, into an illustrious artistic family, he was the son of renowned scenographer Pierre-Luc-Charles Cicéri and the nephew of painter Eugène Isabey. Cicéri occupies an important position in 19th-century French land...