Entrance to a Palace with Colonnade and Figures

Although more finished than the sketches shown nearby, 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.

Follower of Giuseppe Galli Bibiena (1695–1757)
Entrance to a Palace with Colonnade and Figures, ca. 1750
Pen and brown ink and gray wash, over graphite(?)
Promised gift of Jules Fisher