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Elevation of a Catafalque: the Central Part Comprised of a Series of Steps to Top; with Statues and Central Cartouche with a Figural Scene: a Figure Kneeling before Virgin and Child (?)

Elevation of a Catafalque: the Central Part Comprised of a Series of Steps to Top; with Statues and Central Cartouche with a Figural Scene: a Figure Kneeling before Virgin and Child (?) by Giuseppe Galli Bibiena

Medium

Pen and brown ink

Dimensions

20-1/4 x 14-1/2 in. (51.4 x 36.8 cm)

Classification

Drawings

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Purchase, Bequest of Joseph H. Durkee, by exchange, 1972

Accession Number

1972.713.49

Tags

SculptureCartouchesWomenMadonna and Child

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 ...

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