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Il Pomo d'oro

Set design (Act II, Scene 6-7)
Lost Art-ID
617652
Artist / Creator
Küsel, Mathäus
Birth
1629.02.12, Augsburg
Death
1681, Augsburg
Place of activity
Augsburg; Wien; München
Artist / Creator
Burnacini, Lodovico Ottavio
Birth
1636, Mantua
Death
1707.12.12, Wien
Place of activity
Italien; Wien; (Schloß) Ebersdorf; (Schloß) Favorita; (Schloß) Laxenburg
Title
Il Pomo d'oro
Additional title
Set design (Act II, Scene 6-7)
Dating
1668
Object type
Print
Group of reported objects
Graphic
Material / Technique
Paper / printed (copper engraving)
Height
26.40 cm
Width
43.40 cm
Inventory number
IV 3979
Description

The stage set shows the entrance to the underworld with the river Acheron and the underworld city of Dite in the distance as well as Charon on the ship. The three Furies Aletto, Tesifone and Megera hover in the air.

Inscription: Ludovico Burnacini in / Matthaus Küssel f.

Reverse: [in pencil below right:] R ½ [below:] 43492 [below:] L [in pencil above left:] 11) [next to it:] Helbing 4.-

Provenance

[...] - 1938: probably stock Hugo Helbing, Munich (unclear circumstances of acquisition).

12.05.1938: Acquired by purchase from Hugo Helbing, Munich.

Literature / Source
Zugangsinventarbuch, Zugangsnummer 1938/203
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