Scenography of the interior of a palace
Pen and grey wash
Signed, annotated and dated down the middle: 'Vincenzo Mazzi Invento e Designo
L'anno 1778'
21 x 28,5 cm
Interior of a palace
Pen and grey wash
Signed, annotated and dated down the middle 8 1/4 x 3 15/16 in.
PROVENANCE Collection A. Laube Collection 1964. Lodewijk Collection
Houthakker, his mark (L.3893) at lower right; (Peter Fuhring. Design into art: Drawings for architecture and ornament, The Lodewijk Houthakker
Collection, London 1989, p.614, no. 907.
; Christie's London, 09/07/2009, no. 575, repr.;
Private collection, Belgium.
Painter, architect, scenographer, engraver and pupil of the brothers Ferdinando and Francesco
Galli da Bibiena, his main interest was in architecture and scenography. In 1776 he published Caprici di scene teatrale, a set of 12 plates that show his taste for theatre architecture. He was also the architect of the public theatre in Bologna
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