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Ferdinando Galli Bibiena
1657-1743
A Garden
Pen and brown ink, with brown wash, over graphite, on paper.
5 11/16 x 10 7/8 inches (144 x 276 mm)
Gift of Mrs. Donald M. Oenslager, 1982.
1982.75:110
Notes:
A preliminary sketch of this design, formerly in the Algarotti Coll., is in the Biblioteca Sarti of the Accademia di S. Luca, Roma.
Provenance:
Michael Mayr, Eisenstadt and Vienna (Lugt S. 1804a); by descent to Marianne Fajt, Eisenstadt (see Lugt S. 1804a); János Scholz, New York (no mark; see Lugt S. 2933b); acquired in 1952 by Donald M. Oenslager, New York.
Associated names:
Mayr, Michael, 1796-1870, former owner.
Fájt, Marianne, d. ca. 1955, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.
Oenslager, Donald, 1902-1975, former owner.
Bibliography:
Viale Ferrero, Mercedes. La scenografia del '700 e I fratelli Galliari. Turin : Fratelli Pozzo, 1963, p. 97, pl. 4.
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