Theatrical scene with three figures seated in the middle of a room with columns at left and right and a coffered ceiling

Theatrical scene with three figures seated in the middle of a room with columns at left and right and a coffered ceiling by Ludovico Ottaviano Burnacini

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

ColumnsInteriorsHuman Figures

About the Artist

Ludovico Ottaviano Burnacini · 16361707

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 ...

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