Pianta Del Teatro Reale Di Napoli Denominato Di San Carlo [Ground Plan Of The San Carlo Theater, Naples]

Unknownlate 18th–early 19th century

Ground plan of the San Carlo theatre at Naples. Verso: study for the base of a tomb and section of a circular ground plan.

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Title: Pianta Del Teatro Reale Di Napoli Denominato Di San Carlo [Ground Plan Of The San Carlo Theater, Naples]
Creator: Unknown
Date Created: late 18th–early 19th century
Type: Drawing
Rights: Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund
Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash on laid paper
Viewing Notes: Italian, late 18th–early 19th centuryPianta del Teatro Reale di Napoli Denominato di San Carlo [Ground Plan of the San Carlo Theater, Naples], ca. 1800Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash on laid paper8 7/8 x 18 ½ in. (225 x 470 mm)Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, Smithsonian InstitutionMuseum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund1938-88-97Photo: Matt Flynn © Smithsonian Institution
Provenance: Piancastelli; Bradegee
Paper Support: Laid paper
Markings: Watermark: Heawood 2845 (ca. 1802)
Inscribed: Pen and brown ink "Pianta del Teatro / Reale di Napoli / Denominato di / S. Carlo"Addition by a later hand in pen and black ink: "costruito nel / 1737"Scale in lower margin.
Exhibitions: New York, NY: Finch College Museum of Art, "The Two Sicilies: Drawings from the Cooper-Hewitt Museum," Feburary. 4-March. 20, 1970.
Dimensions: 22.5 x 47 cm (8 7/8 x 18 1/2 in.)
Bibliography: Dee, Elaine Evans. "The Two Sicilies, Drawings from the Cooper-Hewitt Museum," exhibition catalog (New York: Finch College Museum of Art, 1970) p. 27, no. 49 (illus.).

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