Half Elevation and Half Plan for a Catafalque for Maximilian, Elector of Bavaria, probably Maximilian II Emanuel (1662-1726)
Giuseppe Galli Bibiena
1696–1756
Medium
Pen, brown ink and gray wash over black chalk
Dimensions
18-7/8 x 13 in. (47.9 x 33.0 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Bequest of Joseph H. Durkee, by exchange, 1972
Accession Number
1972.713.36
Tags
Women
About the Artist
Giuseppe Galli Bibiena
Giuseppe Galli Bibiena was born on January 5, 1696, in Parma, into what would become the most celebrated dynasty of theatrical designers in Baroque Europe. He was the second son of Ferdinando Galli Bibiena, who was himself a transformative figure in stage design and the originator of the family's defining innovation: the scena per angolo, or "scene viewed at an angle." This technique replaced the ...