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Giuseppe Galli Bibiena
1695-1757
Entryway Leading to a Courtyard and Two Levels of Galleries, a Design for the Stage
ca. 1740-1750
Pen and brown ink, gray wash, and blue watercolor, incised, on paper.
15 3/8 x 21 1/4 inches (391 x 539 mm)
Promised gift of Jules Fisher.
L2019.137.2
Provenance:
Purchased at Sotheby's, New York, 23 January 2001, lot 251; Jules Fisher collection (Fisher Number: JF-002).
Bibliography:
The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, NY, "Architecture, Theater, and Fantasy: Bibena Drawings from the Jules Fisher Collection", 2021. Exh. cat., no. 13, repr.
Notes:
Although the Bibienas were most famous for their innovative scena per angolo (scene viewed at an angle) stage designs, they also continued to design sets with a central vanishing point, like that used here. An illuminated atrium with densely colonnaded galleries was a motif favored by Giuseppe Bibiena.
Associated names:
Fisher, Jules, owner.
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