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Sketch for a Stage Set: Foreshortened View of a Palace with a Figure on the Stairs

1700–74
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Object Information
  • Title: Sketch for a Stage Set: Foreshortened View of a Palace with a Figure on the Stairs
  • Artist: Antonio Galli Bibiena (Italian, Parma 1700–1774 Mantua (?))
  • Artist: Francesco Galli Bibiena (Italian, Bologna 1659–1739 Bologna) (?)
  • Date: 1700–74
  • Medium: Pen and brown ink
  • Dimensions: sheet: 7 5/16 x 5 1/16 in. (18.5 x 12.9 cm)
  • Classifications: Drawings, Ornament & Architecture
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Harris Brisbane Dick Fund and Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1971
  • Object Number: 1971.513.57
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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