Lodovico Ottavio Burnacini: costume sketches: Nani e Maschere ridicole, c. 1680, watercolour and opaque colour on paper

Lodovico Ottavio Burnacini: costume sketches: Nani e Maschere ridicole, c. 1680, watercolour and opaque colour on paper

These grotesque figures are probably costume designs for the festivities at Court known as 'Wirtschaften': all who attended these events had to wear costumes and masks.

Lodovico Ottavio Burnacini came from an aristocratic family in northern Italy. From 1652 he lived in Vienna, where his...
Lodovico Ottavio Burnacini

* 1636, † 12. Dec 1707