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Il Pomo d'Oro

Theatre Design
1666-68 (made)
Artist/Maker
Lodovico Ottavio Burnacini (set designer)
Matthäus Küsel (engraver and publisher)
Place of origin
Vienna (made)

Engraving depicting a theatrical setting, bound together with 22 others in grey boards.

Object details

Categories
Theatre
Pageants and Ceremonies
Entertainment & Leisure
Designs
Prints
Royalty
Commemoration
Object type
Theatre design
Titles
  • Il Pomo d'Oro (series title)
  • A tempestuous sea (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
engraving
Printing Ink
Engraving
Brief description
Küsel, Matthäus. Engraving of a design by Lodovico Ottavio Burnaci for Il Pomo d'Oro, an entertainment held in Vienna in 1666-1667 to celebrate the marriage of the Emperor Leopold I to the Infanta Margarita Theresa of Spain. A tempestuous sea
Physical description
Engraving depicting a theatrical setting, bound together with 22 others in grey boards.
Dimensions
  • Height: 13.5in
  • Width: 18.75in
1950 dimensions are for the bound volume containing this engraving and 22 others (E.175 to 197-1950)
Object history
The subject is a theatrical setting designed by L. O. Burnacini for the opera Il Pomo d'Oro by Antonio Cesti with libretto by Francesco Sbarra, produced in Vienna between 12 December 1666 and 2 February 1667 at the festivities held in celebration of the marriage of the Emperor Leopold I to the Infanta Margherita of Spain.
Bibliographic references
  • Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1950, London: HMSO, 1962.
  • F. Biach-Schiffmann, Giovanni und Lodovico Burnacini, Theater und Feste am Wiener Hofe, Vienna & Berlin, 1931.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.183-1950

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O595917/il-pomo-doro-theatre-design-lodovico-ottavio-burnacini/
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