Design for a Canopy (recto). Design for an Armchair (verso)

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Artist: Giovanni Battista Natali III (Italian, Pontremoli, Tuscany 1698–1765 Naples)
Date: 1698–1765
Medium: Pen and ink, brush and gray wash
Dimensions: 5 3/4 x 8 1/4in. (14.6 x 21cm)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawings
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1949
Accession no.: 49.63.276

Design for a Stage Set (recto); Fragmentary Sketch of a Stage Set in Elevation (verso)
Giovanni Battista Natali III
1718–65 · Drawing
Public collection via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00021022
Design for a Stage Set (recto); Fragmentary Sketch of a Plan (verso)
Giovanni Battista Natali III
1718–65 · Drawing
Public collection via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00021023
Design for a Portable Screen
Giovanni Battista Natali III
1698–1765 · Drawing
Public collection via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00021106
Design for a Stage Set: Stairway and Arcades Leading to a Salone
Giovanni Battista Natali III
1698–1765 · Drawing
Public collection via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00021108

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