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Competition Design for La Fenice, Venice: Longitudinal Section

D. Cerato, Italian

Longitudinal cross-section of a theater (in shades of rose and gray), showing an auditorium composed of five tiers of boxes (34 boxes on each tier) and the stage. Arched entryway at left.

Date

1788

Type

architecture

Medium

Pen and black ink, brush and gray wash, watercolor, graphite on cream laid paper

Department

CHNDM

Institution

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Object number

chndm_1938-88-119

Credit

Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund