Perspective stage design for 'Ercole in Tebe', showing Act 1, Scene 1, the royal courtyard with Hercules greeting Iole

People:

Valerio Spada (etcher)
Fernandino Tacca (theatre designer)
Gaspare Vigarani (etcher)

Title:

Perspective stage design for 'Ercole in Tebe', showing Act 1, Scene 1, the royal courtyard with Hercules greeting Iole

Date:

printed 1661

Form:
works of art

Quantity / Object type:
1 print(s)

Stage and Purpose:

record drawing

Technique and media:

Etching

Dimensions:

plate mark: 21.8 x 29.1 cm sheet: 32.0 x 44.8 cm

Reference number:

DR1984:0640

Drawing Type:

line drawing
freehand drawing

Method of Projection:

perspective drawing

Point of View:

general view

Inscription:

signed - by the etcher, in the plate on the image, l.l.: "VSpa" [on base of column; monogram of Valerio Spada] inscribed, signed and dated - by a later hand, in graphite, on the print outside the plate mark, l.l.: "Perhaps you can / decypher these / initials" and "ER for EGC [Edward Gordon Craig]. 1922."; and l.r.: "Probably [underlined] by Vigarani + put on the / French stage - circa 1660"

Location:

Florence; Italy;

Subject:

theatre design

Subject Descriptive Terms:

theatre design
performance

Credit line:
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal

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