Two Actors Peeking through a Theater Curtain while Others Prepare the Footlights
1754
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
1754
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Two Actors Peeking through a Theater Curtain while Others Prepare the Footlights is a 1754 ink by Johann Esaias Nilson, a Baroque work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows a stage scene with three people in old-fashioned clothes. On the left, a woman in a light dress holds a fan while a man bends down near the footlights. On the right, another man stands with one hand on his hip. Above them, two heads peek through a curtain, watching the stage. The text at the bottom says it’s about Italian operas performed in August. The artist’s name, Nilson, is written in a small print. Look up Baroque to see how drama and movement shaped this era’s art.
Johann Esaias Nilson (1721–1788) was an artist, born in Augsburg.
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