The Elysian Fields; set design from 'La Monarchia Latina Trionfante'

Mathäus Küsel|Ludovico Ottaviano Burnacini

1678 · Etching · Drawings and Prints

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