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Mauro Antonio Tesi

17 works

Mauro Antonio Tesi (1730-1766) was a painter, engraver and architect. Read more

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Red chalk architectural elevation of a door, overdoor with a griffin, lion mask, and carved wall panels on paper.

Elevations of a Door, Door Frame, Overdoor, and Adjoining Wall Panel

1800

Pen and ink design for a frieze with a blank oval cartouche, seated woman, putto, garlands and scrollwork.

Design for Frieze Decoration, with Alternative Suggestions

1800

Pencil drawing of a domed Egyptian-style tomb interior with columns, hieroglyphs, a large statue and small figures.

Stage Design, Sepulchral Building in Egyptian Style

1780

Ink and wash drawing of a stone hall with pointed Gothic arches, vaulted ceilings, and a gallery balustrade.

Stage Design, Interior of Large Hall

1800

Pen and ink drawing of an ornate catafalque elevation with paired columns, carved figures, and a winged trumpeter atop.

Elevation of a Catafalque for a General

1700

Brown ink and wash drawing of a theatrical stage set with a grand staircase, arcades, balustrades and a dome.

Stage Design

1755

Pen and wash drawing of a garden promenade with a classical villa, cypress trees, statues, a sphinx and a fountain.

Capriccio with a Palladian Villa

1760

Pen and wash drawing of a classical facade with columns, an obelisk, and ruined arches under a pale sky.

Façade and Ruins

1750-66

Brown ink drawing of a tiered architectural altar with a central niche, flanking seated figures, and a winged figure at top.

Design for an Altar Erected for the Holy Week

1750-66

Pen and brown ink drawing of an architectural altar design with columns, a statue niche, and a figure atop the pediment.

Design for the Left Half of an Altar

1750-66

Grey wash drawing of an ornate painted ceiling design with curved bands, scrollwork, and putti holding garlands.

One Quarter Design for a Painted Ceiling

1730-66

Pen and ink study of ornamental scrollwork and garlands for a vault decoration, with faint pencil sketches at right.

Study for the Decoration of a Vault (recto); Faint Sketches of Ornamental Patterns (verso)

mid-18th century

Pen and brown wash drawing of a left-half architectural design with a garlanded column, scrolled capital and figure cartouche

Left Half Design for an Architectural Project

Pen and grey wash drawing of a classical facade with Corinthian columns, with separate studies of capitals and ornaments at l

Studies of the Cenotaph of Annia Regilla

1750s/1766

Pen and ink drawing of an ornate ceiling design with scrolls, garlands, moldings and a central cross medallion.

Painted Ceiling

1740

Red ink drawing of architectural elevations with a door, overdoor, classical moldings, scrollwork, and two putti.

Elevations of a Door, Door Frames, Overdoor, and Adjoining Wall Panel

1800

Pen and wash drawing of rococo ceiling ornament with scrolls, garlands, putti and architectural moldings on a pale sheet.

Project for a Ceiling

1750

Mauro Antonio Tesi (1730-1766) was a painter, engraver and architect. Mauro Antonio Tesi was born in Zocca and died in Bologna. Browse 17 works by Mauro Antonio Tesi from 3 museums, free to download in HD. Source: Wikidata