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Follower of Giuseppe Galli Bibiena
1695-1757
Design for a Stage Set or a Wall Decoration
7 5/16 x 10 5/16 inches (186 x 262 mm)
Pen and brown ink and wash, over black chalk, squared in pen and brown ink, on paper.
L2019.137.22
Promised gift of Jules Fisher.
Notes
It is unclear whether this drawing was intended as a design for the stage or for a trompe l'oeil wall decoration, though the superimposed grid surely indicates that the scheme was meant to be transferred and enlarged. The sheet is fragmentary, having lost its lower half, but it still conveys the grandeur and complexity of the scena per angolo (scene viewed at an angle) architectural designs by the Bibiena workshop.
Inscriptions/Markings
Verso: Lower right, purple ink collectors stamp. Pen and brown ink mathematical notations in center. Graphite, lower left: 47 Lower right: 19t//Galli Bibiena/ 12/59 Other marks.
Associated names
Schatzki, Walter, 1899-1983, former owner.
Houthakker, Lodewijk, former owner.
Cohn, Mark Arthur, former owner.
Fisher, Jules, owner.
Houthakker, Lodewijk, former owner.
Cohn, Mark Arthur, 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. 18, repr.
Classification
Century Drawings
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