Print, Theater Interior with Performance Taking Place, ca. 1740–60 (CH 18348639)
Summary
Horizontal format. Groups of spectators watch a theatrical performance showing a representation of Inferno, with fire and demons. Actors fill the decorated stage; additional spctators in opera boxes at left and right sides. Five large chandeliers hanging from the theater ceiling, which is draped with festoons. Stage design engraved separately.
Tags
Date
1600 - 1700
Source
Cooper–Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Copyright info
Public Domain