Image not available
Follower of Giuseppe Galli Bibiena
1695-1757
Study of an Architectural Perspective
ca. 1730
Pen and brown ink, over black chalk, on paper.
16 3/8 x 10 inches (416 x 254 mm)
Promised gift of Jules Fisher.
L2019.137.20
Notes:
This unfinished drawing of a complex colonnaded space animated by mirrors and statues depicts the right half of a palatial atrium. Baroque stages were rarely decorated with tall vertical backdrops, so if used for a production, the design would have been mirrored, with the left half drawn to match the right.
Inscription:
Collector's Mark: EF (L. 3472) Edmond Fatio; inscription on verso: "AP23" "F59" "20".
Provenance:
Purchased from Galleria Carlo Virgilio, Rome; Jules Fisher collection (Fisher Number: JF-135).
Associated names:
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. 21, repr.
Catalog link:
Artist page:
School:
Century:
Classification:
Department: