Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Staircase of a Palace

Image not available
Attributed to Alessandro Bibiena
1686-1748

Staircase of a Palace

6 x 5 1/8 inches (152 x 130 mm)
Pen and brown ink over graphite on paper.
L2019.137.23

Promised gift of Jules Fisher.

Notes
This sheet retains traces of an underdrawing that reveals the careful attention paid to an accurate projection of the perspective. Bibiena sets would not have included painted figures, so this drawing might record a live production (perhaps as a preparatory study for a commemorative engraving). Alternately, it could be an independent drawing exercise.
Associated names
Graff, Everett D. (Everett Dwight), 1885-1964, former owner.
Fisher, Jules, owner.
Bibliography
The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, NY, "Architecture, Theater, and Fantasy: Bibena Drawings from the Jules Fisher Collection", 2021. Exh. cat., no. 10, repr.
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department