Magnificent Catafalque for a Deceased Noble

Francesco Galli Bibiena

Associated Names
Francesco Galli Bibiena

Artist, Bolognese, 1659 - 1739

This is a drawing of an elaborate architectural structure. The image features a grand altar or stage with intricate and ornate Baroque influences. The structure is highly decorative, with scrolling lines, floral motifs, and detailed sculptures. At the top, there is a triangular pediment adorned with intricate designs and flanked by two statues. The central part of the structure includes a niche or sacred space. The base consists of stairs leading up to the altar, and the entire structure is framed by ornate columns.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and brown ink with brown and gray washes over graphite on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    overall: 52 x 34.9 cm (20 1/2 x 13 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1990.9.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(P&D Colnaghi, London and New York) from 1989; sold 1990 to the National Gallery of Art.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1997

  • Building a Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1997-1998, no. 23.

Bibliography

1989

  • Colnaghi, COLNAGHI A FIRENZE, Palazzo Strozzi: 9/23-10/9/89, p.26.

Inscriptions

lower center in brown ink: [illegible]; the following all by later hand in graphite, lower center verso: T; lower right verso: 16

Wikidata ID

Q64562377

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