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Giacomo Torelli, Giacomo Torelli (1604-1678)
(SOLD)
-Origin: Collection C.R. Rudolf; Sotheby's, London, sale July 4, 1977, lot 145; Lodewijk Houthakker, Amsterdam, with collector's stamp bottom right -
-Literature: Peter Fuhring, Design into Art; Drawings for Architecture and Ornament; The Lodewijk Houthakker Collection, Volume II, London 1989, no. 865, p. 576 with illustration. Here attributed to Giacomo Torelli-
-Included in the visual documentation at the RKD in The Hague, here as attributed to Claude Lorrain-
-Exhibition: Arts Council, London, 1956, no.30, pl.7-
Note: Giacomo Torelli was a set designer apprenticed to Francesco Giutti in Ferrara. This work is a complete design of a set for a scene from the musical drama Il Bellerofonte by Francesco P. Sacrati. The prologue takes place in the port of Patera. The first performance of this play took place in Venice in 1642.
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