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SANQUIRICO, Alessandro (1777-1849)
Scene eseguite pel melodramma serio L'ultimo giorno di Pompei. [Milan: n.d. but c. 1827]
Magnificent clean suite of plates illustrating the set design and costumes for the 1827 La Scala production of Giovanni Pacini’s opera L'ultimo giorno di Pompei, including a dramatic plate depicting the eruption of Vesuvius. From 1817-1832, Sanquirico was the chief scenic artist at La Scala, and his work became notable for his use of exotic locations and neo-classical architecture in his set designs. The scenography created by Sanquirico for La Scala reached a higher level than contemporary designs in opera houses of any other European country. From 1817 to 1832 he was the sole set designer there, designing sets for the productions of operas by Donizetti, Rossini, Bellini, Mozart, Meyerbeer and, as shown here, Pacini. Bobins V, 1513; Nagler XIV, p.267; Ricci, La scenografia italiana II, 23.
Oblong folio (392 x 474mm). Engraved title page, 1 tinted plate with view enclosed inside decorative cartouche and 8 aquatint plates, coloured by a contemporary hand (very marginal finger-soiling). Contemporary green morocco backed fine wavy-grain green cloth, covers with gilt Greek key boarder (extremities lightly rubbed, concentrated to head and foot of spine); housed in green cloth slipcase.
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