Framed Design for an Altar
ca. 1710–20
Medium
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown and gray wash over traces of leadpoint, on cream laid paper. A vertical line in leadpoint trough the center to create the symmetry of the design
Dimensions
1-3 1/4 x 8- 3/4 in. (33.6 x 22.2 cm) irregular borders
Classification
Drawings|Ornament & Architecture
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Harris Brisbane Dick Fund and Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1971
Accession Number
1971.513.75
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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 ...