137:
second tier is supported by caryatides, winged syrens, gilt; the parapet, Neptune and
Amphitrite, attended by sea gods and goddesses. The third tier is supported by griffins, gilt; the parapet, grotesque ornaments. The fourth tier is supported by rams, gilt; the parapet, grotesque ornaments. The parapet of the boxes on either side of the gallery, balustrades painted on canvas. On the top of the parapets, under each of the caryatides, is a sphinx, gilt.’ The second of Rebecca’s drawings shows the inside of the ‘New Subscription Room’, later known as the concert room. The room was not only a major addition to the theatre’s amenities, but it involved the development of the Haymarket Street façade and the beginnings of a change in the relationship between the Opera House and the city.
36:
136:
The press described the auditorium – shown by
Rebecca - thus: ‘The first tier of boxes is supported by octagon columns of variegated glass, with gilt caps and bases; the parapet, grotesque ornaments, divided into compartments, painted in oil; on canvas, as are those of all the others tiers. The
109:
describes
Rebecca as "a most ingenious artist who was employed by Sir John Griffin, at Audley End, to paint the ceiling & Panels of ye little south drawing Room, & several family portraits in the great Room over the eating Parlor!!!" John Biagio Rebecca became a respected architect.
105:. Rebecca acknowledged that he was the father, and agreed to deposit £100 with Sir John Griffin Griffin for the support of the child, thus absolving himself of any further responsibility to it or its mother. A note in the baptismal register at
155:
Biographical notes published up till now are always laconic and vague about his
Italian origins and apprenticeship: for both, Marchegiani (2011) offers new notices, and a correct birthdate.
295:
374:
35:
364:
359:
354:
98:
369:
329:
319:
125:
One of
Rebecca’s schemes appears to have been a realised proposal for the decoration of London’s Italian Opera House, The King’s Theatre, now
23:
75:
334:
324:
114:
217:
339:
300:
274:
246:. "The Making and Marketing of the Georgian Apotheosis: Carter, Strange, Rebecca, Tresham, and de Loutherbourg".
133:. One of the water colours shows the auditorium, the other the new concert room, both constructed during 1794.
126:
140:
These interiors did not last for long, but they mark
Rebecca’s contribution to the history of the building.
285:
165:
188:
349:
344:
102:
87:
129:. The scheme is illustrated in two highly detailed and very atmospheric water colours now in the
186:
The "Bond to
Indemnify the parish of Walden agt. Ann White's Child by Mr Rebecca" is online at
262:
Le origini italiane di un "faceto" pioniere del
Neoclassicismo inglese: Biagio Rebecca da Osimo
79:
273:, vol. 86, Roma, Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, 2019, on-line; DOI: 10.7393/DBIOL-88.
204:
The Royal
Academy: A Complete Dictionary of Contributors from its Foundations in 1769 to 1904
130:
94:
71:
264:, in "Opus. Quaderno di storia dell'architettura e restauro" , 11 (2011), pp. 83–94.
221:
243:
233:
106:
63:
59:
236:. "Biagio Rebecca Draws the London Opera House: London’s Kings Theatre in the 1790s".
101:. In late 1772 Ann White, a servant at the house, gave birth to his illegitimate son,
313:
83:
51:
27:(1731–1808) was an Italian artist, active mainly as a decorative painter in England.
265:
54:
scenes from mythology, often working on decorative schemes in collaboration with
214:
55:
113:
He exhibited four works at the Royal
Academy in 1770–02, and was elected an
67:
39:
A group portrait of Thomas Bankes with his wife and son by Biagio Rebecca
305:, Rome, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana fondato da Giovanni Treccani
82:, he painted the old lecture room at Somerset House, then home of the
47:, near Ancona, in the Marches, and served his apprenticeship in Rome.
289:
86:. He also designed a set of stained glass windows in the chapel at
44:
34:
253:
Malise Forbes Adam, "Rebecca, Biagio (1734/5–1808)", in
257:, Oxford University Press, 46 (2004), p. 244.
206:. Vol. 6. London: Henry Graves. p. 245.
269:Cristiano Marchegiani, "Rebecca, Biagio", in
215:http://www.ukheritage.net/people/rebeccab.htm
8:
296:Profile on Royal Academy of Arts Collections
375:Immigrants to the Kingdom of Great Britain
255:Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
148:
93:He was employed to do some painting at
286:33 artworks by or after Biagio Rebecca
189:"Essex Records Office, D/B 2/PAR8/35"
7:
303:Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani
271:Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani
240:, 161 (May 2019), pp. 364–373.
66:. He also decorated Heaton Hall in
14:
365:18th-century Italian male artists
360:19th-century Italian male artists
166:"Nominate your favourite record"
355:Associates of the Royal Academy
50:In England he became known for
74:and frescoed a ceiling at the
1:
370:Artists from the Papal States
330:19th-century Italian painters
320:18th-century Italian painters
250:, 22/1 (2021) pp. 10–17.
391:
121:Rebecca at the Opera House
202:Graves, Algernon (1905).
115:Associate of the Academy
260:Cristiano Marchegiani,
248:The British Art Journal
40:
335:People from Prestwich
325:Italian male painters
168:. Essex Record Office
127:Her Majesty's Theatre
38:
43:Rebecca was born at
103:John Biagio Rebecca
88:New College, Oxford
340:Italian decorators
220:2007-02-18 at the
78:at Brighton. With
41:
80:Angelica Kauffman
58:, for example at
382:
208:
207:
199:
193:
192:
184:
178:
177:
175:
173:
162:
156:
153:
131:Royal Collection
99:Sir John Griffin
95:Audley End House
72:Bury, Lancashire
26:
390:
389:
385:
384:
383:
381:
380:
379:
310:
309:
282:
230:
222:Wayback Machine
211:
201:
200:
196:
187:
185:
181:
171:
169:
164:
163:
159:
154:
150:
146:
123:
76:Marine Pavilion
33:
22:
17:
16:Italian painter
12:
11:
5:
388:
386:
378:
377:
372:
367:
362:
357:
352:
347:
342:
337:
332:
327:
322:
312:
311:
308:
307:
298:
293:
281:
280:External links
278:
277:
276:
267:
258:
251:
244:Michael Burden
241:
238:The Burlington
234:Michael Burden
229:
226:
225:
224:
210:
209:
194:
179:
157:
147:
145:
142:
122:
119:
107:Saffron Walden
64:Kedleston Hall
60:Harewood House
32:
29:
20:Biagio Rebecca
15:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
387:
376:
373:
371:
368:
366:
363:
361:
358:
356:
353:
351:
348:
346:
343:
341:
338:
336:
333:
331:
328:
326:
323:
321:
318:
317:
315:
306:
304:
299:
297:
294:
291:
287:
284:
283:
279:
275:
272:
268:
266:
263:
259:
256:
252:
249:
245:
242:
239:
235:
232:
231:
227:
223:
219:
216:
213:
212:
205:
198:
195:
190:
183:
180:
167:
161:
158:
152:
149:
143:
141:
138:
134:
132:
128:
120:
118:
116:
111:
108:
104:
100:
96:
91:
89:
85:
84:Royal Academy
81:
77:
73:
69:
65:
61:
57:
53:
48:
46:
37:
30:
28:
25:
21:
302:
288: at the
270:
261:
254:
247:
237:
228:Bibliography
203:
197:
182:
170:. Retrieved
160:
151:
139:
135:
124:
112:
92:
52:neoclassical
49:
42:
19:
18:
350:1808 deaths
345:1731 births
301:Profile on
56:Robert Adam
314:Categories
144:References
117:in 1771.
68:Prestwich
218:Archived
172:16 April
191:. Seax.
70:, near
62:and at
290:Art UK
45:Osimo
292:site
174:2013
31:Life
97:by
24:ARA
316::
90:.
176:.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
