Perspective Sketch for a Palace Interior.
18th century
Medium
Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash, over traces of graphite; framing outlines in pen and black ink, brush and light pink wash.
Dimensions
sheet: 5 3/8 x 3 11/16 in. (13.6 x 9.3 cm)
Classification
Drawings|Ornament & Architecture
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1948
Accession Number
48.148(12b)
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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 ...