A Grand Illusionistic Ceiling

1720/1740

Ferdinando Galli Bibiena

Artist, Bolognese, 1657 - 1743

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Victor Amadeus II, Duke of Savoy and King of Sardinia or his son, Charles Emmanuel III; (E.V. Thaw and Co., New York); purchased by NGA, 1994.

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Exhibition History

1995

  • Recent Acquisitions of Works of Art on Paper, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1995.

2000

  • Art for the Nation: Collecting for a New Century, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2000-2001, 178.

2023

  • Looking Up: Studies for Ceilings, 1550-1800, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2023.

Wikidata ID

Q64561449

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