A stage design - Interior of a Church
Pietro di Gottardo Gonzaga (Longarone 1751 - St Petersburg 1831)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
1758 - 1820
Materials
Watercolour paint, paper, wood
Measurements
450 x 538 mm
Order this imageCollection
Stourhead, Wiltshire
NT 730846
Summary
Watercolour on paper, A stage design, - Interior of a Church by Pietro di Gottardo Gonzaga (Longarone 1751 – St Petersburg 1831). Signed and dated 1789. A talented vedutist, master of chiaroscuro art and trompe-l'œil optical illusions, Gonzaga was primarily known for his fantastic yet deceptively realistic stage sets, and summarized the theory and purpose of his art as music for the eyes.
Makers and roles
Pietro di Gottardo Gonzaga (Longarone 1751 - St Petersburg 1831), artist Cosimo Rossi-Melocchi (1756-1820), artist