It is unclear whether this drawing was intended as a design for the stage or for a trompe l’oeil wall decoration, though the superimposed grid surely indicates that the scheme was meant to be transferred and enlarged. The sheet is fragmentary, having lost its lower half, but it still conveys the grandeur and complexity of the scena per angolo architectural designs by the Bibiena workshop
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