Prologue; the stage curtain is lifted to reveal a soldier on an elephant surrounded by his army; above Jupiter and his eagle look down on men carrying boulders; set design from 'La Monarchia Latina Trionfante'

Mathäus Küsel|Ludovico Ottaviano Burnacini

1678 · Etching · Drawings and Prints

Prologue; the stage curtain is lifted to reveal a soldier on an elephant surrounded by his army; above Jupiter and his eagle look down on men carrying boulders; set design from 'La Monarchia Latina Trionfante' — Mathäus Küsel|Ludovico Ottaviano Burnacini

One of a series of plates depicting the theatrical sets for the opera 'La Monarchia Latina Trionfante', designed by Ludovico Burnacini with a libretto by Nicolò Minato, music by Antonio Draghi, and the ballet by Johann Heinrich Schmeizer. Produced in Vienna in 1678, the opera commemorates the birth of Archduke Joseph, son of Emperor Leopold I and his third wife, Eleonora Magdalena.

Artist: Mathäus Küsel|Ludovico Ottaviano Burnacini
Date: 1678
Medium: Etching
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1953