Architect's Sketchbook and Sourcebook
Object type: Collection Ornament & Architecture
Department: Drawings and Prints
Artist: Ferdinando Galli Bibiena
Artist bio: Italian, Bologna 1657–1743 Bologna
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: Italian
Date: 1700–1743
Medium: All the drawings are in pen and brown ink, some are modelled with brush and gray wash and watercolor; the watercolor may or may not be a later addition; many of the designs exhibit underdrawing in graphite or leadpoint, or red chalk, over some ruler and compass construction
Dimensions: sheet: 8 11/16 x 5 13/16 in. (22 x 14.7 cm)
Overall: 8 11/16 x 5 13/16 x 9/16 in. (22.1 x 14.8 x 1.4 cm)
Classification: Albums|Ornament & Architecture|Drawings
Credit line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1949
Accession year: 1949