Marcantonio Dal Re Explained

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]

Notes and References

1. http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/marcantonio-dal-re_(Dizionario-Biografico)/ Enciclopedia Treccani
2. https://books.google.com/books?id=E6xQxwEACAAJ Ville di delizia, o siano palagi camparecci nello stato di Milano con espressevi le piante, e diverse vedute delle medesime
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.