Design for a Stage Set with a Monumental Arcaded Courtyard.
Giuseppe Galli Bibiena
early 18th century
Medium
Pen and brown ink, with brush and gray wash
Dimensions
sheet: 11 3/4 x 13 3/8 in. (29.8 x 34 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Cornelius Vanderbilt, 1880
Accession Number
80.3.557
Tags
ArchesColumnsCourtyardsStage Design
About the Artist
Giuseppe Galli Bibiena
Giuseppe Galli Bibiena was born on January 5, 1696, in Parma, into what would become the most celebrated dynasty of theatrical designers in Baroque Europe. He was the second son of Ferdinando Galli Bibiena, who was himself a transformative figure in stage design and the originator of the family's defining innovation: the scena per angolo, or "scene viewed at an angle." This technique replaced the ...