The Roman curia with guards in the anteroom; set design from 'Il Fuoco Eterno'
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet (Trimmed): 11 15/16 × 16 9/16 in. (30.4 × 42.1 cm)
Classification
Prints|Prints-Fete|Ornament & Architecture
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1953
Accession Number
53.600.3564
Tags
About the Artist
Ludovico Ottaviano Burnacini|Mathäus Küsel · 1636–1707
Lodovico Ottavio Burnacini (1636–1707), born into an artistic family in northern Italy—likely Venice—was the son of the renowned theater architect Giovanni Burnacini from Cesena and his wife Grazia. From a young age, he studied under his father, mastering theater architecture, intricate stage machinery, and set design amid Venice's vibrant carnival culture and Commedia dell'arte performances. The ...