Exterior, Teatro Filarmonico, Verona
Medium
theater
Classification
theater
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Bequest of Erskine Hewitt
Accession Number
1938-57-1449
About this artwork
Research in Progress
Art Historical Context
Behold the exquisite *Exterior, Teatro Filarmon, Verona* (1731), a masterful theatrical model crafted by Francesco Gall Bibiena (1659–1739), one of Italy's premier Baroque architects and scenic designers from the illustrious Bibiena family. Housed in the Smithsonian American Art Museum through the bequest of collector Erskine Hewitt, work captures the grand facade of Verona's renowned opera house, a hub of 18th-century musical and dramatic splendor. Bibiena, who served European courts from Bologna to Vienna, pioneered "scena per angolo"—an angled perspective technique that created breathtaking...