Antonio Galli Bibiena
1697-1774
Drawings for Architectural Inventions Including Interiors of Churches and Theaters and Views of Gardens
Variously in pen and brown or black ink, some over black chalk, on paper; framing lines in pen and brown ink.
Drawings: variable; album: 11 5/8 x 7 3/4 inches (295 x 197 mm)
Gift of Mrs. Donald M. Oenslager, 1982.
1982.75:97 (1-101)
Inscription:
Inscribed at lower edge of each drawing, in pen and brown ink, "C.A. Bibiena [Cavalier Antonio Bibiena]".
Provenance:
H. Hoepli, Zurich; his sale, Zurich, 30 November 1930; Edmond Fatio, Geneva; his sale, Geneva, Nicolas Rauch S.A., 3-4 June 1959, lot. 41; Donald M. Oenslager, New York.
Associated names:
Hoepli, H., former owner.
Fatio, Edmond, 1871-1959, former owner.
Oenslager, Donald, 1902-1975, former owner.
Bibliography:
Nicolas Rauch S.A. Dessins anciens : architecture, decoration, theatre, particulierment de l'epoque baroque : collection Edmond Fation. Vente aux encheres a Genève. Genève : N. Rauch, 1959, no. 41, repr.
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