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.

Architecture, Theater, and Fantasy: Bibiena Drawings from the Jules Fisher Collection

  • 001. Project for the Decoration of a Ceiling

    Bibiena workshop
    Project for the Decoration of a Ceiling, ca. 1710
    Pen and brown ink and wash, over graphite
    Promised gift of Jules Fisher

  • 002. Perspective Study

    Follower of Ferdinando Galli Bibiena (1657–1743)
    Perspective Study, ca. 1705–10
    Pen and brown ink, and brown and gray wash
    Promised gift of Jules Fisher

  • 003. Study of an Architectural Perspective

    Follower of Giuseppe Galli Bibiena (1695–1757)
    Study of an Architectural Perspective, ca. 1730
    Pen and brown ink, over black chalk
    Promised gift of Jules Fisher

  • 004. Design for a Stage Set or a Wall Decoration

    Follower of Giuseppe Galli Bibiena (1695–1757)
    Design for a Stage Set or a Wall Decoration, ca. 1725–50
    Pen and brown ink and wash, over black chalk, squared in pen and brown ink
    Promised gift of Jules Fisher

  • 005. Design for an Architectural Setting

    Attributed to Giuseppe Galli Bibiena (1695–1757)
    Design for an Architectural Setting, ca. 1720–30
    Pen and brown ink and wash, over graphite
    Promised gift of Jules Fisher

  • 006. Stage Designs

    Bibiena workshop
    Stage Design: Palace Interior with a Barrel Vault, ca. 1700
    Stage Design: Palace Interior with Stairs to the Right, ca. 1700
    Pen and brown ink and gray wash
    Gift of Jules Fisher; inv. nos. 2021.40–41