Carlo Galli Bibiena
1721-1787
Palace Interior with Tritons and Mirrored Gallery, a Design for the Stage
13 5/8 x 15 inches (346 x 381 mm)
Pen and brown ink and black wash, over black chalk, on paper.
2021.38
Gift of Jules Fisher.
Notes
While the best-known Bibiena sets evoke the courtyards of majestic Baroque palaces, the artists also followed contemporary architectural trends. This design suggests a grand Parisian hotel interior, with a unified arrangement of chairs, side tables, and pier mirrors in a room decorated with paintings of gods and goddesses. The sheet may have been executed when Carlo Bibiena was assisting his father, Giuseppe Bibiena, at the Margravial Opera House in Bayreuth around 1750.
Associated names
Fisher, Jules, former owner.
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Century Drawings
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