Costume design for Thetis from Cavalli's L'Hipermestra
Item
- Title
- Costume design for Thetis from Cavalli's L'Hipermestra
- Rights
- The British Museum, Prints and Drawings. Public domain.
- Creator
- Stefano della Bella
- Date
- c. 1625-1664
- Description
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Costume design for the character of Thetis in Cavalli's opera L'Hipermestra. The design displays the attention to detail and care paid to costuming in the midst of Opera's rise in Italy during the early 17th century. A nymph of the sea, Thetis's costume features design choices such as scallop-shells and a head-piece made of coral and shell with fine line detailing.
Cavalli was a leading composer of 17th-century Italian public opera, where the performing art style flourished before spreading across Europe. - Format
- Drawing on paper. 280 x 196 mm.
- Language
- Italian
- Publisher
- The British Museum, Prints and Drawings.
- Contributor
- Lindsey Cillis
- Identifier
- The British Museum, Prints and Drawings. 1887,0502.45.
- Subject
- Opera; Italian opera; opera costumes; Renaissance.
- Source
- JPEG file. The British Museum, Prints and Drawings. Unknown photographer, 10/26/2023. https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1887-0502-45.
- Item sets
- Le Prime Donne-Lindsey C.
