Four costume designs for dancing Tartars

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LEONARDO MARINI (CIRCA 1730-1797)
Four costume designs for dancing Tartars
(i) inscribed 'Tartara Quartetto/ Abito di raso color di marone cupo mosaico di nastro color di rosa/ guarnizione di pelle bianca macchiata. Sott abito di tafetá celeste guarnizione/ di ricamo di Lustrini d' arg^o pizzo in fine. Camiscia di velo strisciato rosa/ Collane, ed attorno al bonetto cascate di zecchini d'oro. fascia bianca, e oro' (lower center) and numbered '33' (upper right).
(ii) inscribed 'Tartaro' (lower center) and numbered '20' (upper right).
(iii) inscribed 'Tartaro' (lower center) and numbered '32' (upper right).
(iv) inscribed 'Tartara' (lower center) and numbered '21' (upper right).
black chalk, pen and black ink, watercolor
13 x 8 ¾ in. (33.5 x 22.5 cm)

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These four drawings were part of an album with costume designs produced for operas performed at the Teatro Reale in Turin. Marini, originally from Piedmont, began to design for the theater in 1769 and was employed by King Amedeo III of Sardinia. Tartars featured as characters in the opera Tamas Kouli-Kan nell'India by Italian composer Gaetano Pugnani, performed in the royal theater in 1772.

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