Buffagnotti (Carlo Antonio, after Bibiena. Stage Sets for 'Endimione', etchings, 1699-1710
Buffagnotti (Carlo Antonio, 1660-(c.1715). Four etched plates of stage designs (including three for the spectacle entitled Endimione): Facciata della reggia di Diana con fonti e platani, Capanna di Silvano con Amore in una gabbia, Tempio di Diana, and Design for a Stage Set, after Ferdinando Galli Bibiena (Bologna 1656 – 1743 Bologna), circa 1699-1710, four etchings, fine vibrant impressions with an indistinct, circular watermark, with margins (the first two plates trimmed on the platemark at left), all generally in very good condition, a few minor flattened folds and minor surface dirt (printer's creases inherent to production), the first plate with a small stain in the lower margin and small wormhole with associated staining at right, the second plate with the lower right corner tip lost, size of each etching respectively: platemark 24.8 x 25.2 cm, sheet size 33 x 26.5 cm; platemark 25.2 x 25.6 cm, sheet size 33 x 31.3 cm; platemark 26.2 x 26.3 cm, sheet size 33 x 28.2 cm; and platemark 25 x 18.3 cm, sheet size 33 x 20.9 cm
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From the series Varie opere di Prospettiua inventate da Ferdinando Galli d:o il Bibiena Bolognese Pittore, et Architetto dell A: SS.ma del Sig:re Duca di Parma Raccolte da Pietro Abbati, et intagliate da Carlo Antonio Buffagnotti, a collection of plates documenting Ferdinando Galli Bibiena’s early activity as a designer of theatrical scenery and ephemeral architecture, assembled by Pietro Giovanni Abbati (active 1683-1745), a pupil of Ferdinando Bibiena, in collaboration with Carlo Antonio Buffagnotti, a printmaker from Bologna. First issued by Giacomo Camillo Mercati, the prints were reissued by Giacomo Pelegrino Longhi around 1717-1719, when the number of plates was augmented from 60 to 71 with the addition of eleven plates depicting set designs for two spectacles performed in Turin in 1699, Esione and Endimione (as here), designed by Bibiena and executed by Abbati. The plates depict Diana's Palace with fountains and plane trees (Act I Scene I); Silvano's shack with Love in a cage (Act III, Scene I); Diana's Temple (Act III, Scene III) and Design for a Stage Set (with two figures wandering in the vaulted room of a palace, pairs of columns on the left, and chandeliers hanging from the ceiling).
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Buffagnotti (Carlo Antonio, 1660-(c.1715). Four etched plates of stage designs (including three for the spectacle entitled Endimione): Facciata della reggia di Diana con fonti e platani, Capanna di Silvano con Amore in una gabbia, Tempio di Diana, and Design for a Stage Set, after Ferdinando Galli Bibiena (Bologna 1656 – 1743 Bologna), circa 1699-1710, four etchings, fine vibrant impressions with an indistinct, circular watermark, with margins (the first two plates trimmed on the platemark at left), all generally in very good condition, a few minor flattened folds and minor surface dirt (printer's creases inherent to production), the first plate with a small stain in the lower margin and small wormhole with associated staining at right, the second plate with the lower right corner tip lost, size of each etching respectively: platemark 24.8 x 25.2 cm, sheet size 33 x 26.5 cm; platemark 25.2 x 25.6 cm, sheet size 33 x 31.3 cm; platemark 26.2 x 26.3 cm, sheet size 33 x 28.2 cm; and platemark 25 x 18.3 cm, sheet size 33 x 20.9 cm
(Qty: 4)
From the series Varie opere di Prospettiua inventate da Ferdinando Galli d:o il Bibiena Bolognese Pittore, et Architetto dell A: SS.ma del Sig:re Duca di Parma Raccolte da Pietro Abbati, et intagliate da Carlo Antonio Buffagnotti, a collection of plates documenting Ferdinando Galli Bibiena’s early activity as a designer of theatrical scenery and ephemeral architecture, assembled by Pietro Giovanni Abbati (active 1683-1745), a pupil of Ferdinando Bibiena, in collaboration with Carlo Antonio Buffagnotti, a printmaker from Bologna. First issued by Giacomo Camillo Mercati, the prints were reissued by Giacomo Pelegrino Longhi around 1717-1719, when the number of plates was augmented from 60 to 71 with the addition of eleven plates depicting set designs for two spectacles performed in Turin in 1699, Esione and Endimione (as here), designed by Bibiena and executed by Abbati. The plates depict Diana's Palace with fountains and plane trees (Act I Scene I); Silvano's shack with Love in a cage (Act III, Scene I); Diana's Temple (Act III, Scene III) and Design for a Stage Set (with two figures wandering in the vaulted room of a palace, pairs of columns on the left, and chandeliers hanging from the ceiling).
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