A grotto with collapsing rocks, opening to a sky full of the enthroned gods of Olympus, including Jupiter, Apollo, Mars, Venus, and Mercury; set design from 'La Monarchia Latina Trionfante'

Ludovico Ottaviano Burnacini|Mathäus Küsel

1678 · Etching · Drawings and Prints

A grotto with collapsing rocks, opening to a sky full of the enthroned gods of Olympus, including Jupiter, Apollo, Mars, Venus, and Mercury; set design from 'La Monarchia Latina Trionfante' — Ludovico Ottaviano Burnacini|Mathäus Küsel

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