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KARL FRIEDRICH THIELE, AFTER KARL FRIEDRICH SCHINKEL. Design for The Magic Flute: The Hall of Stars in the Palace of the Queen of the Night, Act 1, Scene 6

Design for The Magic Flute: The Hall of Stars in the Palace of the Queen of the Night, Act 1, Scene 6. Artist: After Karl Friedrich Schinkel (German, Neuruppin 1781-1841 Berlin); Karl Friedrich Thiele (German, 1780-1836). Dimensions: image: 9 x 13 3/4 in. (22.8 x 35 cm)
plate: 11 3/16 x 15 3/4 in. (28.4 x 40 cm)
sheet: 13 13/16 x 20 3/16 in. (35.1 x 51.2 cm). Publisher: Published by Ludwig Wilhelm Wittich (German, 1773-1832). Date: 1847-49.
Schinkel, the most prominent and prolific German architect of the nineteenth century, also worked for Berlin's major theatrical stages. His designs for a 1816 production of Mozart's opera Die Zauberflöte remain his best known. Inspired by the Masonic themes incorporated in the opera's libretto, most of Schinkel's sets are in a resolutely Egyptian style.The pair shown here at left evokes the land reigned over by the evil Queen of the Night; the two at right are for the opera's second act, when the princely pair Tamino and Pamina progress through the realm of Sarastro. A selection of thirty-two designs was published several times from 1819 on; the Museum's impressions appear to be from the first edition. Great care was taken in the publication of the plates, which were finished by hand.

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KARL FRIEDRICH THIELE (1780-1836) • AFTER KARL FRIEDRICH SCHINKEL (1781-1841)

Title:

Design for The Magic Flute: The Hall of Stars in the Palace of the Queen of the Night, Act 1, Scene 6

Caption:

Design for The Magic Flute: The Hall of Stars in the Palace of the Queen of the Night, Act 1, Scene 6. Artist: After Karl Friedrich Schinkel (German, Neuruppin 1781-1841 Berlin); Karl Friedrich Thiele (German, 1780-1836). Dimensions: image: 9 x 13 3/4 in. (22.8 x 35 cm) plate: 11 3/16 x 15 3/4 in. (28.4 x 40 cm) sheet: 13 13/16 x 20 3/16 in. (35.1 x 51.2 cm). Publisher: Published by Ludwig Wilhelm Wittich (German, 1773-1832). Date: 1847-49. Schinkel, the most prominent and prolific German architect of the nineteenth century, also worked for Berlin's major theatrical stages. His designs for a 1816 production of Mozart's opera Die Zauberflöte remain his best known. Inspired by the Masonic themes incorporated in the opera's libretto, most of Schinkel's sets are in a resolutely Egyptian style.The pair shown here at left evokes the land reigned over by the evil Queen of the Night; the two at right are for the opera's second act, when the princely pair Tamino and Pamina progress through the realm of Sarastro. A selection of thirty-two designs was published several times from 1819 on; the Museum's impressions appear to be from the first edition. Great care was taken in the publication of the plates, which were finished by hand.

Technique/material:

Aquatint printed in color and hand colored

Museum:

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA

Publisher:

Published by Ludwig Wilhelm Wittich (German, 1773-1832)

Credit:

Album / Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY

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Image size:

4192 x 2985 px | 35.8 MB

Print size:

35.5 x 25.3 cm | 14.0 x 9.9 in (300 dpi)

Keywords:

AFTER KARL FRIEDRICH SCHINKEL • AQUATINT PRINTED IN COLOR AND HAND COLORED • AQUATINT • AQUATINT, ETCHING • DRAWINGS AND PRINTS • ETCHED ENGRAVING • ETCHING • EUROPE • GERMANY • KARL FRIEDRICH THIELE • METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, NEW YORK, USA • PRINTS • PUBLISHED BY LUDWIG WILHELM WITTICH (GERMAN, 1773-1832)