Marcantonio Dal Re (18 December 1697 – 26 April 1766), also spelled Marc'Antonio Dal Re, was an Italian engraver and publisher. He is known for his engravings of buildings and vedute of Lombardy.[1][2] Among his most splendid prints is a depiction of the interior of the Regio Ducal Teatro in Milan, which serves as an extravagant frame for a sonnet in praise of the soprano Violante Vestri.[3]

Engraving of the church of Santa Maria delle Grazie, Milan.

References edit

  1. ^ Enciclopedia Treccani; Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani - Volume 32 (1986) by Clelia Alberici.
  2. ^ Ville di delizia, o siano palagi camparecci nello stato di Milano con espressevi le piante, e diverse vedute delle medesime, Volume 1; by Marcantoni dal Re, 1743.
  3. ^ John A. Rice, "Mid-Eighteenth-Century Opera Seria Evoked in a Print by Marc'Antonio dal Re," Music in Art 34 (2009), 153–64.