Artist
Lodovico Ottavio Burnacini
Lodovico Ottavio Burnacini is a Baroque artist. 2 works are cataloged here, principally at Victoria and Albert Museum.
Lodovico Burnacini worked in Vienna, designing all the sets and costumes for the Habsburg court’s operas. He once built a whole fake city from wood and canvas for a single show, and the emperor loved it so much he kept it up for years. That’s the kind of designer he was—turning a stage into a world you could step inside. Hunt down his prints of *Il Pomo d’Oro* (1668) and you’ll see how he turned gold leaf into thunderclouds and marble into stage smoke—no modern trickery, just paint and wood and a lot of glue.
Works by Lodovico Ottavio Burnacini
Collections represented
Museum
The Victoria and Albert Museum in the United Kingdom is the world's largest museum of applied arts, decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 2.8 million objects.

