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Coupe sur la largeur d’une Sale de Spectacle composée par le Sr. Dumont en 1763 (Cross-section of a Theater designed by Mr. Dumont, 1763)

Object Details

Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Cross-section of a theater, viewed toward stage. Large domed ceiling at top, and arched balconies flanking. Ornate ornamentation above stage, where a scene is staged as example, two small figures in Roman dress set in an arched colonnade among ruins. Scale below.
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Designer
Pierre-Martin Dumont, French, 1720–1791
Date
ca. 1770
Credit Line
Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. William G. Fitch
Medium
Engraving on paper
Object Name
Print
Type
Print
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