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Design for a Stage Set: A Town Square with a Fountain

Ferdinando Galli Bibiena (d. 1743)

1677–1743 · Pen and brown ink, brush and gray and brown wash, over graphite

Design for a Stage Set with a Monumental Arcaded Courtyard

Giuseppe Galli Bibiena (d. 1756)

early 18th century · Pen and brown ink, with brush and gray wash

Design for Stage Set with a Circular Arcade (recto); Sketch for Stage Set with Circular Arcade (verso)

Giovanni Battista Natali III (d. 1765)

1698–1765 · Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash, over traces of graphite (recto); pen and brown ink (verso)

Design for a Stage Set

Giuseppe Barberi (d. 1809)

1770–80 · Pen and brown ink, brush with brown, red and blue wash

Design for a Stage Set with a Palace and Bridge

Carlo Galli Bibiena (d. 1778)

18th century · Pen and ink with wash over graphite

Design for a Stage Set

Claude Nicolas Ledoux (d. 1806)

1806 · Pen and black ink with brush and black, gray and rose wash

Finished Design for a Stage Set with Ruling and Notes

Anonymous, Portuguese, 19th century (d. 1900)

1854 · Pen and black ink, brush and wash, and watercolor.

Design for a Stage Set at the Opéra, Paris

Eugène Cicéri (d. 1890)

1830–90 · Graphite, brush and red and yellow wash

Design for a Stage Set at the Opéra, Paris

Eugène Cicéri (d. 1890)

1830–90 · Brush and red, yellow, and brown wash, over graphite

Design for a Stage Set

Anonymous, French, 19th century (d. 1900)

19th century · Graphite, brush and gray wash, heightened with white on blue paper

Design for a Stage Set with a Geometric Backdrop

Eduard Josef Wimmer (d. 1961)

ca. 1906–12 · Brush and gouache and metallic paint over black chalk

Stage Set Design with Lavender, Yellow and Green Plumes at Top of Black and Gold Stairs for "Les Spectacles," George White's Scandals, New York

Erté (Romain de Tirtoff) (d. 1990)

1928 · Gouache and metallic paint