Theatrical scene with three figures seated in the middle of a room with columns at left and right and a coffered ceiling
ca. 1650–1700
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet (Trimmed): 7 13/16 × 11 9/16 in. (19.9 × 29.3 cm)
Classification
Prints|Prints-Fete|Ornament & Architecture
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1962
Accession Number
62.600.596
Tags
About the Artist
Ludovico Ottaviano Burnacini · 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 ...