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Stage Set for Il Trionfo della Pietà
Giovanni Battista Galestruzzi1658
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States
Horizontal rectangle. A rocky landscape opens to the sea, with the setting sun. Castles at either side, with figures gesticulating from the ramparts. On a cloud in the center, the figure of "Plenty." Banners from the casltes, inscribed: "PIACE SE LICE" and "LICE SE PIACE." Artists' names below.
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Details
- Title: Stage Set for Il Trionfo della Pietà
- Creator: Giovanni Battista Galestruzzi, Italian, 1615 – 1669
- Date Created: 1658
- Location Created: Italy
- Original Source: See this work of art on the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum website
- Medium: Engraving in black ink on paper
- Credit line: Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. William G. Fitch
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