Carlo Galli Bibiena
1721-1787
Interior of a Gallery
1750s
9 5/16 x 12 13/16 inches (235 x 324 mm)
Pen and black ink and gray and brown wash over black chalk.
2017.5
Thaw Collection.
Notes
Sheet is framed by an overmount of paper that leaves around 8 5/8 x 11 7/8 inches visible.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed at lower left, in pen and black ink, "Architetto: Carlo Galli D Bibiena e inuentor: e: fecit e: e:".
Watermark: Upper part of Fleur-de-lis in shield, surmounted by crown, (Strasbourg lily). Fragment. (close to, maybe identical with, Gerhard Piccard, Wasseerzeichen Lilie, Stuttgart, 1983, 1362 [Nürnberg, 1755])
Watermark: Upper part of Fleur-de-lis in shield, surmounted by crown, (Strasbourg lily). Fragment. (close to, maybe identical with, Gerhard Piccard, Wasseerzeichen Lilie, Stuttgart, 1983, 1362 [Nürnberg, 1755])
Associated names
Thaw, Eugene Victor, former owner.
Thaw, Clare, former owner.
Thaw, Clare, former owner.
Bibliography
Thaw Catalogue Raisonné, 2017, no. 10, repr.
Denison, Cara D. et al. The Thaw Collection : Master Drawings and New Acquisitions. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1994, no. 39.
Denison, Cara D. et al. The Thaw Collection : Master Drawings and New Acquisitions. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1994, no. 39.
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Century Drawings
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