Design for a Stage Set: Stairway and Arcades Leading to a Salone

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Artist: Giovanni Battista Natali III (Italian, Pontremoli, Tuscany 1698–1765 Naples)
Date: 1698–1765
Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush with brown and gray wash, over graphite or black chalk
Dimensions: 5 7/8 x 4in. (14.9 x 10.2cm)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawings
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: Purchase, Ian Woodner Family Foundation Gift, 1974
Accession no.: 1974.605.2

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 Canopy (recto). Design for an Armchair (verso)
Giovanni Battista Natali III
1698–1765 · Drawing
Public collection via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00021107

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