Date
1888
Object Type
Photograph
Subject
Four set design sketches: the first shows a decorated exterior for L’Africana; the second and third show two exterior views of dwellings for Faust; and the fourth shows the ruins of a fortress overlooking a castle for Nostradamus.
Holding institution
Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera
About The Work
The object consists of a cardboard mount bearing four albumen prints, pasted onto its surface, which reproduce sketches for stage set designs at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan, used for artistic research, educational, and documentary purposes. It forms part of a larger corpus of some 400 cardboard mounts bearing albumen prints. The designs were created by Carlo Ferrario—set designer, painter, architect, and professor of Scenography at the Accademia di Brera. The sketches were first donated to Michele Mongeri by Michele Ferrario, Carlo’s brother, and subsequently entered the Academy as part of the Mongeri bequest on 1 February 1888.
Title
Carlo Ferrario, Stage design sketches – Africana, Faust, Nostradamus
Subject
Four set design sketches: the first shows a decorated exterior for L’Africana; the second and third show two exterior views of dwellings for Faust; and the fourth shows the ruins of a fortress overlooking a castle for Nostradamus.
Creator
Unidentified photographer
Date
1888
Object Type
Photograph
Technique / Support
Albumen print
Original Function
Teaching Tool/ Artistic research/ Documentation
Dimensions
mm 348x451
Holding institution
Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera
Unique identifier
ICCD_MIDF_6722224352771