Foreshortening of a Library
Carlo Galli Bibiena · Italian
Date: 1728–78
Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash, over traces of leadpoint
Dimensions: 13 1/8 x 8 7/8 in. (33.4 x 22.6 cm)
Classification: Drawings|Ornament & Architecture
Themes: Books, Interiors, Libraries
Purchase, Harris Brisbane Dick Fund and Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1971
Date range
1728 – 1778
Largest dimension
22.6 cm
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