Dramatic Landscapes and Scenes

Artworks featuring dramatic landscapes, classical themes, and detailed views of natural and man-made environments, often in bold contrasts.

Design for Stage Curtain: Apollo and Marsyas, Palazzo Conti-Sinibaldi, Faenza, Felice Giani, Italian, 1758-1823, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash over black chalk on wove paper, Horizontal rectangle. Curtains frame scene, stage frame shown. Middle-ground shown sitting at foot of enormous tree, in center Marsyas and Apollo plays flute. Muse character () holds wreath over head. At right, Listerners shown behind main audience at left in foreground. Middleground, at left Dionysos with procession. Caption written in ink over graphite: 'Teatro della V musica.', Italy, 1800-1801, theater, Drawing, Drawing
Design for Stage Curtain: Apollo and Marsyas, Palazzo Conti-Sinibaldi, Faenza, Felice Giani, Italian, 1758-1823, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash over black chalk on wove paper, Horizontal rectangle. Curtains frame scene, stage frame shown. Middle-ground shown sitting at foot of enormous tree, in center Marsyas and Apollo plays flute. Muse character () holds wreath over head. At right, Listerners shown behind main audience at left in foreground. Middleground, at left Dionysos with procession. Caption written in ink over graphite: 'Teatro della V musica.', Italy, 1800-1801, theater, Drawing, Drawing