Stage Design, Tomb in Monumental Form
1860â80
Medium
theater
Classification
theater
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund
Accession Number
1938-88-375
About this artwork
Research in Progress
Art Historical Context
**Stage Design, Tomb in Monumental Form** by Luigi Ricci (Italian, 1823–1896), created between 1860 and 1880, offers a captivating glimpse into the grandeur of 19th-century theatrical scenery. As a stage design depicting a monumental tomb, it evokes the dramatic, larger-than-life settings essential to opera and theater productions of the era. Ricci, working in Italy during a golden age of Romantic opera with composers like Verdi, crafted visuals that transformed stages into immersive worlds of emotion and spectacle. This artwork belongs to the theater medium, a classification highlighting its...