Marcantonio Dal Re (18 December 1697 – 26 April 1766), also spelled Marc'Antonio Dal Re, was an

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engraver and publisher. He is known for his engravings of buildings and

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. 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.John A. Rice
"Mid-Eighteenth-Century Opera Seria Evoked in a Print by Marc'Antonio dal Re,"
''Music in Art'' 34 (2009), 153–64.

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1697 births 1766 deaths Italian engravers Place of birth missing {{Italy-engraver-stub