Research Catalog

Title

Bellerofonte [graphic] / [typed on verso: engraving by G. Giorgi [after] Giacomo Torelli].

Author

Giorgi, G.

Publication

1642

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Details

Additional Authors

Torelli, Giacomo, 1608-1678.

Description

1 print; 29 x 36 cm., plate mark 25 x 33 cm.

Summary

Set design for Act II, Scene 3, depicting a deserted island, with Venus's temple in the sky. Possibly a halftone reproduction.

Subjects

• Set design drawings
• Opera > Italy > 17th century
• Engravings
• Sacrati, Francesco > Bellerofonte

Genre/Form

• Engravings.
• Set design drawings.

Source (note)

• Robert L.B. Tobin

Biography (note)

• Bellerofonte, a "drama musicale" with music by Francesco Sacrati and libretto by Vincenzo Nolfi, was presented in Venice in 1642. Its story was based on the Greek myth of the hero Bellerophon, who killed the monster called the Chimera. Giacomo Torelli, an Italian stage designer, engineer, and architect, introduced the use of an enclosed room in this production.

Call Number

*MGZFX Gior G Bel 1

OCLC

825067549

Author

Giorgi, G. Engraver

Title

Bellerofonte [graphic] / [typed on verso: engraving by G. Giorgi [after] Giacomo Torelli].

Imprint

1642 (19--? printing)

Biography

Bellerofonte, a "drama musicale" with music by Francesco Sacrati and libretto by Vincenzo Nolfi, was presented in Venice in 1642. Its story was based on the Greek myth of the hero Bellerophon, who killed the monster called the Chimera. Giacomo Torelli, an Italian stage designer, engineer, and architect, introduced the use of an enclosed room in this production.

Local Note

Cataloging funds provided by Friends of Jerome Robbins Dance Division.

Source

Gift; Robert L.B. Tobin, 1984.

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Added Author

Torelli, Giacomo, 1608-1678. Artist

Tobin, Robert L. B. Donor

Research Call Number

*MGZFX Gior G Bel 1