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Study of an Architectural Perspective

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Follower of Giuseppe Galli Bibiena
1695-1757

Study of an Architectural Perspective

16 3/8 x 10 inches (416 x 254 mm)
Pen and brown ink, over black chalk, on paper.
L2019.137.20

Promised gift of Jules Fisher.

Notes
This unfinished drawing of a complex colonnaded space animated by mirrors and statues depicts the right half of a palatial atrium. Baroque stages were rarely decorated with tall vertical backdrops, so if used for a production, the design would have been mirrored, with the left half drawn to match the right.
Inscriptions/Markings
Collector's Mark: EF (L. 3472) Edmond Fatio; inscription on verso: "AP23" "F59" "20".
Associated names
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. 21, repr.
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department