Design for a Theater Ceiling, Giuseppe Borsato, Italian, 1770 - 1840, Pen and gray-brown ink, brush and watercolor, gold paint, graphite on paper, Vertical format design for a painted ceiling. Form of a horseshoe, with a base line. Inscribed is an oval, framed by mouldings. The scheme is that of an opening bordered by an attic, the central part of a blossom the eight leaves of which are outlined by garlands. In each panel is a figure of a dancing girl, supported by a pedestal in the shape of a blossom calix. Below those are hexagons with a central circular medallion with a winged putto. The hexagons are connected by festoons, above which are trophies. Part of the entablature below, with the dial of the clock., Venice, Italy, ca. 1830, theater, Drawing, Drawing
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Design, Theater Ceiling, Giuseppe Borsato, Italian, 1770 - 1840, Pen, gray-brown ink, brush, watercolor, gold paint, graphite, paper, Vertical format design, painted ceiling, Form, horseshoe, base line, Inscribed, oval, framed, mouldings, scheme, opening bordered, attic, central part, blossom, eight leaves, outlined, garlands, panel, figure, dancing girl, supported, pedestal, shape, blossom calix, hexagons, central circular medallion, winged putto, hexagons, connected, festoons, trophies, Part, entablature, dial, clock, Venice, Italy, ca, 1830, theater, Drawing, Drawing
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