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Dal Re, Marc'Antonio
Very precise drawing of the... ball performed at the Royal Ducal Theatre in Milan on the evening of the 28th of May 1740., 1747
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€ 2.000 - 2.200
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At auction on Thursday 25 June 2026 at 15:00
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Milan, for Marc'Antonio Dal Re, copper engraver at the Palatine Schools, 1747. In folio, 580 x 430 mm. Allegory on the frontispiece, large portrait of Maria Theresa of Austria, decorated headpieces and initials, the "Plan of the Milan Theater with its Boxes and their respective Masters" (430 x 345 mm. at the stroke), followed by "The Contest of the Geniuses Dramatic Composition" 10 pp. of poetic compositions, then a sonnet by Dal Re "To His Excellency Count Gian-Luca Pallavicin" a richly decorated page, 625 x 425 mm., and finally the famous " Prospect of the Grand Theater of Milan" splendidly decorated with hundreds of people, large folded panel 700 x 950 mm. Contemporary binding in half parchment and marbled cardboard.
Specialist Notes
The "Exact drawing of the sumptuous and pompous ball" is a famous engraving by Marc'Antonio Dal Re (1697–1766) that adorns the volume created to document the celebrations that took place in the Regio Ducal Theatre in Milan on the evening of 28 May 1747. The opera celebrated the marriage between Archduke Joseph of Austria and Isabella of Bourbon-Parma (although the Milanese celebrations continued for various dynastic occasions of the period). The engraving at the end of the volume shows the interior of the theatre (located where the Royal Palace now stands, before it was destroyed by fire in 1776 and replaced by La Scala) transformed into a vast ballroom. Dal Re, known for his perspective views of Milan and the "Ville di Delizia," uses a central perspective to emphasize the grandeur of the structure, the candlelight, and the crowd in gala attire. It is one of the most precise visual accounts of the Regio Ducal Teatro in the 18th century, highlighting the arrangement of the boxes and the use of the stage space for social events among the Milanese nobility.
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