Stage Set Design for a Ballet: Don Parasol

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Artist: Carlo Ferrario (Italian, Milan 1833–1907)
Date: 1869
Medium: Brush with watercolor and gouache, over graphite; partly squared in graphite
Dimensions: Overall: 13 3/4 x 19 1/8 in. (35 x 48.5 cm) image: 8 7/16 x 13 in. (21.5 x 33 cm)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawings
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1962
Accession no.: 62.570.23

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Design for a Stage Set of a Crypt (for the Opera 'La Morosina' ?)
Carlo Ferrario
1833–1907 · Drawing
Museum collection · via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00021316
Architectural Ruins with a View of a Garden; Stage design for "Ballo don Parasol"
Carlo Ferrario
1845–1907 · Drawing
Museum collection · via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00021322
Architectural Ruins with a View of a Garden; Stage design for Giacomo Meyerbeer's opera, "Robert le diable"
Carlo Ferrario
1845–1907 · Drawing
Museum collection · via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00021323

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