File:Drawing, Design for Theater Ceiling, ca. 1820 (CH 18558845).jpg

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English: Drawing, Design for Theater Ceiling, ca. 1820   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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English: Drawing, Design for Theater Ceiling, ca. 1820
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English: Vertical format. Form of a horseshoe, similar to 1940-21-22. The central panel has the same shape. In the center is a circular medallion with a standing lyre with two hanging laurel wreaths in front of two crossed trumpets and rays. It is surrounded by a circle formed by a Greek motif and farther away by another, for which two alternative suggestions are made: a cresting border with alternating blossoms and palmettes, and lyres connected by scrolls; two dancers, slightly skteched with pencil, are seemingly remnants of an earlier idea. Below are two triangles. This panel is framed by a band in the shape of a horseshoe; octagons alternate in it with lozenges. In the latter are figures of dancing girls. A moulding frames the central panel with the band. Outside is a corresponding frieze with, alternating: a swan supporting a garland or, at the base, two wreaths, and a standing trophy consisting of a candelabrum, two harps, branches, two wreaths. The part near the stage is divided into many oblongs and triangles. The details at the right side are not entirely executed.
Date circa 1820
date QS:P571,+1820-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium pen and black ink, brush and watercolor, gouache, graphite on paper
Dimensions 33 × 27.7 cm (13 × 10 7/8 in.)
institution QS:P195,Q1129820
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Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design
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1940-21-23
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