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Rustic Interior: Stage Design for the Teatro de' Felicini, Bologna
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Rustic Interior: Stage Design for the Teatro de' Felicini, Bologna

Antonio Giuseppe Basoli, Italian, 1774–1843 · ca. 1810 · Brush and watercolor, pen and brown ink on off-white wove paper

From the collection of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

About this work

A large rustic interior space with flagged floors and a wooden roof supported by rough-hewn pillars and beams. The dimly lit foreground space is enclosed by a stone fireplace at right, and the suggestions of stairs at left. In the background, beyond a pair of wooden pillars and a large suspended lantern, the space opens into a semi enclosed kitchen, brightly illuminated by daylight entering from the open roof and entry beyond. A glimpse of treetops and exterior of the structure are just visible at background left. At the center of the image is a large covered fireplace, with assorted crockery resting upon the mantle and nearby shelves.

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum’s own description
Credit lineRustic Interior: Stage Design for the Teatro de' Felicini, Bologna. ca. 1810. Antonio Giuseppe Basoli, Italian, 1774–1843. Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund. CC0.

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