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

Antonio Galli Bibiena (1697–1774)
Half of a Palatial Atrium with One Arch Leading to a Long Hall and the Other to a Low-Ceilinged Corridor and Upper Gallery, a Design for the Stage, ca. 1740–60
Pen and brown and black ink, and brown wash, over black chalk
Collection of Jules Fisher

Francesco Galli Bibiena (1659–1739)
Stage Design with Sailing Vessels, ca. 1718
Pen and brown ink and wash, over graphite
Gift of Jules Fisher; inv. no. 2021.42

Antonio Galli Bibiena (1697–1774)
Prison Interior, ca. 1725–30
Pen and brown ink and wash, over graphite
Promised gift of Jules Fisher

Album of Drawings by the Bibiena Family and Others
Collection of Jules Fisher