A Grand Illusionistic Ceiling

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.

A Grand Illusionistic Ceiling

Bibiena, Ferdinando Galli

1720/1740

Accession Number

1994.73.1

Medium

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

Dimensions

overall: 60.1 x 105.9 cm (23 11/16 x 41 11/16 in.)

Classification

Drawing

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund and an Anonymous Donor