Figures gathered at a seaport as a ship arrives; set design from 'Il Fuoco Eterno'

Ludovico Ottaviano Burnacini|Mathäus Küsel

1674 · Etching · Drawings and Prints

One of twelve plates depicting the stage sets designed by Lodovico Burnacini for 'Il Fuoco Eterno Custodito Dalle Vestali', an opera celebrating the birth of Maria Anna Antonia, Archduchess of Austria in 1672. The Archduchess was the daughter of Emperor Leopold I and his second wife Claudia Felicitas, heiress of Tirol. Composed by Antonio Draghi with a libretto by Nicoló Minato, the opera was performed in the Hoftheater in Vienna on October 30, 1674.

Artist

Ludovico Ottaviano Burnacini|Mathäus Küsel

Date

1674

Medium

Etching

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1953