Framed Design for an Altar
Object type: Drawing Collection Ornament & Architecture
Department: Drawings and Prints
Artist: Giuseppe Galli Bibiena
Artist bio: Italian, Parma 1696–1756 Berlin
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: Italian
Date: ca. 1710–20
Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown and gray wash over traces of leadpoint, on cream laid paper. A vertical line in leadpoint trough the center to create the symmetry of the design
Dimensions: 1-3 1/4 x 8- 3/4 in. (33.6 x 22.2 cm) irregular borders
Classification: Drawings|Ornament & Architecture
Credit line: Purchase, Harris Brisbane Dick Fund and Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1971
Accession year: 1971
Tags: Altars