the 3 figurs are 1/4 inche scale models of the final proposal for this opera design. It is the scene for Act I in which two young officers, Ferrando and Guglielmo, boast about the beauty and virtue of their sweethearts. Don Alfonso, an older man and a friend of the two officers, insists that a woman's constancy is like the Arabian phoenix - everyone says it exists but no one has ever seen it.

Figure 2 is also the scene of Act 1 in which the sisters Dorabella and Fiordiligi gaze blissfully at their miniature portraits of Guglielmo and Ferrando and imagine happily that they will soon be married.

Figure 3 is created for the scene of Act II in with the double-wedding scene will take place.