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Stage Setting with Ballet

1657–1743
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Stage Setting with Ballet
  • Artist: Ferdinando Galli Bibiena (Italian, Bologna 1657–1743 Bologna) ?
  • Date: 1657–1743
  • Medium: Ink and blue wash
  • Dimensions: 13-5/8 x 19 in. (34.6 x 48.3 cm); 14 x 20
  • Classification: Drawings
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1950
  • Object Number: 50.519
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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