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Follower of Ferdinando Galli Bibiena
1657-1743
Stage Set: Grand Palace Hall with Columns and Grand Staircase
ca. 1719
Pen and brown ink and gray wash, over graphite, on paper.
14 9/16 x 20 7/8 inches (370 x 530 mm)
Gift of Jules Fisher.
2023.108
Notes:
Extraordinary in its range of detail and subtle wash shading, this drawing was probably executed by one of Ferdinando Bibiena's pupils at the Accademia Clementina in Bologna. A quintessential example of the scena per angolo (scene viewed at an angle), the drawing retains prick marks and inscribed lines that show the careful development of its multiviewpoint perspective.
Inscription:
Lower right corner: "Ferdinando / Bibiena / 1719 (?)".
Provenance:
Purchased from Il Ponte Casa d'Aste, Milan, 18 April 2018, lot 563; Jules Fisher collection (Fisher Number: JF-150).
Associated names:
Fisher, Jules, former owner.
Bibliography:
The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, NY, "Architecture, Theater, and Fantasy: Bibena Drawings from the Jules Fisher Collection", 2021. Exh. cat., no. 5, repr.
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