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Stage Design: Proscenium and Palace Staircase
1690–1710
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States
Vertical rectangle showing view of an elaborate three-tier architectural stage setting containing multiple flights of stairs decorated with sculpture. At sides, foliage and trees which suggest a grotto. At top clouds with a seated allegorical personage.Around the stage is an architectural framework with additional draperies and an orchestral area surrounded by a curved balustrade. At top of frame work is an escutcheon containing the letter M.
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Details
- Title: Stage Design: Proscenium and Palace Staircase
- Date Created: 1690–1710
- Location Created: Rome, Italy
- Original Source: See this work of art on the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum website
- Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and gray, brown wash on white laid paper
- Credit line: Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund
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