Costume Study for Belmonte in the "Abduction from the Seraglio" by W.A. Mozart

Former Attribution Angelo Quaglio German
ca. 1830–50
Not on view

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Object Information
  • Title: Costume Study for Belmonte in the "Abduction from the Seraglio" by W.A. Mozart
  • Artist: Johann Georg Christoph Fries (German, Nuremberg 1788–1857 Regensburg)
  • Former Attribution: Angelo Quaglio (German, Munich 1829–1890 Munich)
  • Date: ca. 1830–50
  • Medium: Watercolor, over graphite, gum arabic
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 11 1/4 × 8 3/16 in. (28.5 × 20.8 cm)
  • Classification: Drawings
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Brooke Russell Astor Bequest, 2013
  • Object Number: 2013.219.3
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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