A Court Scene
date: label: Date
content: 1700–1739
name: label: Designer
content: Francesco Galli Bibiena, Italian, 1659–1739
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Vertical rectangle showing a palace court scene with clouds hang above an elaborate architectural space. Many figures bring tribute to a king standing at left, beneath a lofty baldacchino. Columns with caryatids support arches.
place: label: made in
content: Italy
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1938-88-51
objectType: label: Type
content: architecture
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pen and brown ink; brush and gray, blue and pale rose wash on white paper, laid down
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 28.8 × 42.4 cm (11 5/16 × 16 11/16 in.)