Design for a Theater Interior

Data retrieved from the Metropolitan Museum of Art on October 9, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.

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Artist: Luigi Vanvitelli (Italian, Naples 1700–1773 Caserta)
Date: 1700–1773
Medium: Pen and brown ink over freehand graphite and ruled construction lines in graphite
Dimensions: 11-1/4 x 17-1/16 in. (28.5 x 43.3 cm)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawings
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: Gift of Donald Oenslager, 1965
Accession no.: 65.536.1

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