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(c) 2018 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Performance for the Grand Duke and Duchess of Russia
(c) 2018 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
(c) 2018 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Performance for the Grand Duke and Duchess of Russia

designer (Montalbano, 1730 - 1766, Bologna)
engraver (Belluno, 1724 - 1787, Venice)
illustrator (Venice, 1697 - 1768, Venice)
Dateabout 1782
Place MadeVenice, Veneto, Italy, Europe
MediumHand-colored engraving
Dimensions55 x 71.4 cm (21 5/8 x 28 1/8 in.)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberP33n35
eMuseum ID723982
EmbARK ObjectID35171
TMS Source ID18473
Last Updated8/9/24
Status
Not on view
Web CommentaryIsabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.
MarksNotesPrinted (directly outside image border, lower left): Ioan. Bapt. Canal delin. quoad figuras [handwritten, in ink:] antonio Nin--li pinxit.
Printed (directly outside image border, lower right): Antonius Baratti sculp. Venetus.
Printed (in larger type, lower left): Immago Spectaculi quod, in Nobiliore Theatro de vico S. Benedicti, Magnis Russie Ducibus Nicolaus Michaelius / et Philippus Calbo, Sapientes AErario Prefecti, ex S. C. exhibuerunt XI. Kal. Feb. MDCCLXXXII / Antonio Mauro Pictore, et Archit. Prosp. ejusdem Theatri inventore, atque Directore.
Printed (in larger type, lower right): Dessein du Spectacle, que leurs Excellences Messeurs Nicolas Michieli, et Philipe Calbo Sages préposés au Trésor, ont donné par / Decret du Senat au Grand Duc, et à la Grande Duchesse de Russie, dans le très Noble Theatre à S. Benoit le 22 Janvier 1782 / Sous la Direction de Antoine Mauro Peintre, et Archit. Persp. du même Théâtre, qui en étoit l'inventeur
Printed (in smaller type, lower middle): Grave avec Privilege du Senat / L'Auteur Mons. Antoine Mauro la vend chez Mess. Bertella, et Perlini / Libraires dans la rue dite Mercerie.
ProvenanceNotesEntered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection at an unknown date.