Giuseppe BADIALI Attribuited to BADIALI. Scenografia “Morte di Romeo e Giulietta”.
Acquarello e penna nera, su cartoncino. Foglio 276x224 mm; Immagine riquadrata a penna, 265x220 mm. Ottimo stato di conservazione.Scena notturna ambientata in un cimitero, la luna appare tra le nuvole. Acquarello preparatorio per la scena finale de “I Capuleti e i Montecchi” di Bellini, rappresentato nell’autunno del 1832 al Teatro Comunale di Bologna, con la scenografia di Giuseppe Badiali.
Polychrome watercolor and black ink, on cardboard. Sheet 276x224 mm; image, 265x220 mm. Excellent condition.
Night scene set in a cemetery, the moon appears in the clouds. Preparatory watercolor for the final scene of "The Capulets and the Montagues" by Bellini, represented in the autumn of 1832 at the Teatro Comunale of Bologna, with the scenography by Giuseppe Badiali.
Giuseppe Badiali, 1797 - After 1850, was an Italian painter and scenic designer. Best known for his scenography, Badiale also frescoed the ceiling of the Municipal Theater of Bologna, now lost but for designs. Among his scenography, it included work for that theater, including: Semiramide by Rossini, Spring 1827 and the Carnival 1829-1830; The Capulets and the Montagues, Autumn 1832, La sonnambula and I Puritani, Spring 1836, by Bellini; Nebuchadnezzar, Ernani, Autumn 1847, Macbeth and Luisa Miller, Autumn 1850, by Verdi. Among his collaborators were S. Fantoni and L. Martinelli.