Design of a Perspective for a Stage Set with Courtyard and Triumphal Arch
Gift of Cornelius Vanderbilt, 1880
Catalogue
- Year
- 1657
- Medium
- Pen and brown ink, brush and green and gray wash, over leadpoint with some traces of white gouache
- Dimensions
- 8-3/4 x 10-13/16 in. (22.3 x 27.5 cm) irregular borders
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Artist
- Ferdinando Galli Bibiena
Artist
Ferdinando Galli-Bibiena, surname also spelt Galli da Bibiena or Bibbiena, was an Italian Baroque-era architect, designer, and painter.
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- Ferdinando Galli Bibiena
- Year
- 1657
- Medium
- Pen and brown ink, brush and green and gray wash, over leadpoint with some traces of white gouache
- Dimensions
- 8-3/4 x 10-13/16 in. (22.3 x 27.5 cm) irregular borders
- Watts ID
- WW-1657-523888
Source
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Source
- met
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified