Design for a Stage Set: Solomon Receiving the Queen of Sheba under a Baldacchino, with Fantastical Architecture and a Gardenscape

Carlo Galli Bibiena Italian

1728–78

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Artwork Details

Title: Design for a Stage Set: Solomon Receiving the Queen of Sheba under a Baldacchino, with Fantastical Architecture and a Gardenscape
Artist: Carlo Galli Bibiena (Italian, Vienna 1728–after 1778)
Date: 1728–78
Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash over graphite
Dimensions: sheet: 8 x 13 5/8 in. (20.3 x 34.6 cm)
Classifications: Drawings, Ornament & Architecture
Credit Line: Purchase, Harris Brisbane Dick Fund and Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1971
Object Number: 1971.513.50
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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