Proscenium for Angelica, Vincitrice di Alcina
Medium
Etching and engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 14 1/16 x 19 1/16 in. (35.7 x 48.4 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1951
Accession Number
51.501.2774
Tags
Crowd
About the Artist
Giuseppe Galli Bibiena|Franz Ambros Dietel
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 ...