Old Master Drawings
Old Master Drawings
Property from the Private Collection of Pat and Michael York
ATTRIBUTED TO GIUSEPPE GALLI BIBIENA | A SET DESIGN DEPICTING AN ARCHITECTURAL CAPRICCIO WITH AN ATRIUM LEADING TO A CIRCULAR COURTYARD
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January 29, 05:09 PM GMT
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2,500 - 3,500 USD
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Property from the Private Collection of Pat and Michael York
ATTRIBUTED TO GIUSEPPE GALLI BIBIENA
Parma 1696 - 1756 Berlin
A SET DESIGN DEPICTING AN ARCHITECTURAL CAPRICCIO WITH AN ATRIUM LEADING TO A CIRCULAR COURTYARD
Pen and brown ink and gray wash, over traces of black chalk
185 by 172 mm; 7¼ by 6¾ in
(2)
Sold together with:
Fabrizio Galliari (Andorno 1709 - 1790 Treviglio)
Recto: An arch to a terrace; Verso: Study for a pavilion
Pen and brown ink and gray wash, over traces of black chalk (recto); pen and brown ink (verso)
182 by 138 mm; 7 1/4 by 5 1/2 in
Armand Sigwalt, Paris (L.175);
with Yvonne Ffrench, London, by 1979
Traditionally identified as a set design for Artasersa, performed in Turin in 1761.1
1. See M. Viale Ferrero, La scenografia del '700 e i fratelli Galliari, Turin 1963, p. 248