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Unknown artist, possibly Fabrizio or Gaspare Galliari, Stage Design, late 18th century

 

The M-W Archive of Theater, Performance and Ephemeral Architecture was founded in 2019 for studies on aspects of culture that were never meant to last. Our main goals are to collect and make available images of works by long forgotten artists, designers and architects in order to facilitate research and unite scholarship. The archive contains images concerning set and costume design, theater architecture and festival and event design as well as forms of ephemeral constructions including triumphal arches and catafalques. We are currently working to further build and digitize the collection. For more information, to inquire about works in the collection, or to support us please email alexander.mccargar (at) gmail.com or david.wagner (at) univie.ac.at. Please do not use images without prior consent. High-res images available upon request.

Johann Meßelreuther, Beri Clymenus from Neu-eröffneter Masquen-Saal…, 1723

Sigismondo Caula & Natale de Re, The Triumph of Religion, Macchina dei Fuochi in celebration of the appointment of Rinaldo I as cardinal, Modena, 1687

Anonymous Artist, Costume for a Fool, late 17th-early 18th c.

Rossballett im Burghof zu Wien, 24 Januar 1667. Etching, late 17th/early 18th century.

Rossballett im Burghof zu Wien, 24 Januar 1667. Etching, late 17th/early 18th century.

Balthazar Küchler, Repraesentatio der Fürstlichen Auffzug und Ritterspil…, 1609

Balthasar Moncornet, after Remigio Cantagallina, Anfione argon condotto da Mercurio, designed for celebrations on the Arno, Florence, 1635 or 1664

La costanza d’Ulisse, design: Lodovico Ottavio Burnacini, Engraving: Johann Ulrich Kraus; Vienna, Garden of the Favorita, 1700

Set Design: Pietro Righini, Engraving: Jacopo Vezzani, Anteriore d’ un seraglio di Fiere from: Medo (performed in Parma in 1728)

Set Design: Lodovico Ottavio Burnacini, Engraving: Matthäus Küsel, Reggia di Plutone, from: Il pomo d’oro. Festa Teatrale Rappresenta in Vienna per l'augustissime Nozze delle Sacre Cesaree Reali Maesta di Leopoldo e Margherita, 1668

Pietro Gonzaga, (attr.) Set Design depicting a Mausoleum. Circa 1790

Stage Design: Lodovico Ottavio Burnacini, Engraving: Matthias Küsel, Il fuoco eterno, Vienna, 1674

Plate by C. Schurm after Romeyn de Hooghe and published by Adriaan Schoonebeek, Le Feux d'Artifice, representé devant sa Mayesté apres sa Reception à la Haye le 5 Fevrier 1691, circa 1691

Friedrich Brentel (attr.), Carnival Wagon, Temptations of St. Anthony(?), 17th c.

Carl Schütz, Joseph explique les songes de l'échanson et du pannetier de Pharaon, 1772

René Boyvin and after Jacques Androuet Du Cerceau the elder, Plate 17 From: Theatrum Instrumentorum Et Machinarum, 1578

Anonymous artist, publisher: Johannes Mommaert, Tableau Vivant depicting Vulcan's Forge from: Descriptio et Explicatio Pegmatum, Arcuum et Spectaculorum, quae Bruxellae Brabant:…, 1594

Artist: Raffaello Gualterotti, Engravers: A. Baldi, B. Marsili, Feste nelle nozze del serenissimo Don Francesco Medici Gran Duca di Toscana; et della sereniss Sua consorte la sig. Bianca Cappello, 1579

Stage Designer: Lodovico Ottavio Burnacini, Engraver: Matthäus Küsel, Il Pomo d'Oro. Act 4 Scene 6: Aerea con la vi lattea, e la sfera del Foco, 1668

Matthäus Merian, der hinder Theil von der Triumph Porte… from Theatrum Europaeum, Temporary Triumphal Arch erected in Trent (?), circa 1650

Artist: Filippo Juvarra, Scene from the opera Ciro, 1712

Vincenzo Mazzi, (active 1748-1790), Monumental Gothic Interior from: Caprici di scena teatrale

Johann Meßelreuther, Derceto from Neu-eröffneter Masquen-Saal…, 1723

Sebastiano Serlio, Della Scena Satirica from: Tutte l'opere d'architettura et prospetiva 2: On Perspective, circa 1584 or after, (later hand coloring)

Peter Schubert von Ehrenberg, engraving by Christian Engelbrecht or Andreas Pfeffel, published by Antonius Bömer, Triomphus Novem Seculorum Imperii Romano-Germanici, 1725

Artists: “D. B. B.” & “Manetta”, engraved by Jean Palliot, 1 Bl. Feuerwerksaufbau from: Spiegazione ... della machina da fuochi di gioia innalzata nella ... città di Modena ... per festeggiare le ... nozze del ... duca Rinaldo I ... Modena 1696

Joseph Sebastian Klauber (engraving), plate from: Prael-treyn verrykt door ry-benden, praelwagens, zinne-beelden en andere oppronkingen toegeschikt..., circa 1775

Bernardino & Fabrizio Galliari, engraving by Jean-Phillippe le Bas, Assedio della citta di Filippi, from: La Vittoria d'Imeneo, performed in Turin, 1750

Georg Christoph Eimmart, plate from: Carousel of Karl XI of Sweden, circa 1685

after Jacques de Gheyn II, plate from the Masquerade series, 17th or early 18th century

Pieter van der Borcht, after designs by Martin de Vos, Ship Macchina from: Descriptio publicae gratulationis, spectaculorum et ludorum, in adventu Sereniss[imi] Principis Ernesti Archiducis Austriae…, 1595

Anonymous, Firework Machine, gouache on paper, 18th or 19th century

Willem Baurdartius, Sub Philippo Secundo, Gubernante Duce Parmae, & Duce Alençon from: Polemographia Auraico-Belgica…, 1622

Printed by Johannus Moretus, De reus Antigoon, Aparatus in Foro from: Historica narratio profectionis et inaugurationis serenissimorum Belgii principum Alberti et Isabellae Austriae archiducum, 1599

Balthasar Küchler, Costumed Figures of Aurora, Meridies, Vesper and Nox from “Reprasentation Der Fürstlichen Auffzug un Ritterspiel…” Stuttgart, 1617

Set Design: Alfonso Parigi, Engraving: Stefano dell Bella

Georg Christoph Eimmart, plate from: Carousel of Karl XI of Sweden, circa 1685