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Scena d'invenzione e disegno del Cavalier Bibiena rappresentante Sala Reale J.G. Bibiena inv. et delin ; A.O. sculp
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Print shows a theatrical production in a magnificent hall in the royal palace, showing actors around a table set for dining at center and musicians on the left and right, with a perspective view down the center hallway.
Inscribed in ink on verso: C.A. Browne.
Stamped on verso: Gift. Louise McDanell Browne, in memory of her husband C.A. Browne. April 27, 1948. Library of Congress.
Gift; Louise McDanell Browne, in memory of her husband C.A. Browne; 1948 April 27.
Forms part of: Popular graphic art print filing series (Library of Congress).
Printmaking in woodcut and engraving came to Northern Italy within a few decades of their invention north of the Alps. Engraving probably came first to Florence in the 1440s, the goldsmith Maso Finiguerra (1426–64) used the technique. Italian engraving caught the very early Renaissance, 1460–1490. Print copying was a widely accepted practice, as well as copying of paintings viewed as images in their own right.
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