Stage Set Design for a Ballet: Don Parasol
1869
Medium
Brush with watercolor and gouache, over graphite; partly squared in graphite
Dimensions
Overall: 13 3/4 x 19 1/8 in. (35 x 48.5 cm) image: 8 7/16 x 13 in. (21.5 x 33 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1962
Accession Number
62.570.23
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
About the Artist
Carlo Ferrario · 1833–1907
**Carlo Ferrario** (7 September 1833 – 11 May 1907) was an Italian scenic and costume designer, painter, and architect renowned for his contributions to opera and theater design, particularly his long association with La Scala in Milan. Born in Milan to a blacksmith father, Giuseppe Ferrario, and mother Francesca Basulli, he left school early to support himself, taking a job with a local decorator...