The Temple of Jupiter

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The Temple of Jupiter

1772

Carlo Galli-Bibiena (Italian, 1728–after 1778)

The Galli-Bibiena family practiced for four generations as stage decorators, theater and domestic architects, and designers of ephemeral festival apparatus in numerous courts throughout Europe. This drawing records a set designed by Carlo Galli-Bibiena for an opera first performed in Naples on 6 September 1772 that celebrated the baptism of a daughter of Ferdinand IV, king of Naples and the Two Sicilies.

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Object Details

Title:

The Temple of Jupiter

Date:

1772

Artist:

Carlo Galli-Bibiena (Italian, 1728–after 1778)

Medium:

Pen and black ink with brush and gray and faded blue washes, over black chalk, on beige laid paper

Dimensions:

Sheet: 7 3/4 x 10 5/8 inches (19.7 x 27 cm)

Classification:

Drawings

Credit Line:

The Muriel and Philip Berman Gift, acquired from the Matthew Carey Lea bequest of 1898 to the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts with funds contributed by Muriel and Philip Berman and the Edgar Viguers Seeler Fund (by exchange), 1984

Accession Number:

1984-56-85

Geography:

Made in Italy, Europe

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