Design for a Theatre, or Hall for a Special Fête

Giacomo Chiavistelli · Italian

Date: 1688–90

Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over leadpoint or black chalk

Dimensions: 10 1/2 x 17 1/16 in. (26.6 x 43.4 cm)

Classification: Drawings|Ornament & Architecture

Themes: Architecture, Theatre

The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1952

Date range

1688 – 1690

Largest dimension

43.4 cm

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