Attributed to Ferdinando Galli Bibiena (Bologna 1657-1743)
Lot 90

Attributed to Ferdinando Galli Bibiena (Bologna 1657-1743)

A fantasy interior of a baroque palace (recto and verso)

Closed8 December 2020

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GBP 2,250

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Attributed to Ferdinando Galli Bibiena (Bologna 1657-1743)
A fantasy interior of a baroque palace (recto and verso)
pen and brown ink (recto and verso), partially blackened (verso), watermark papal armorial with fleur-de-lys
8 3/8 x 9 in. (21.1 x 23 cm); and three further drawings:
(ii) Attributed to Giuseppe Galli Bibiena (Parma 1696-1757 Berlin), An architectural capriccio, pen and brown ink, grey wash, 8 ¾ x 6 1/8 in. (22.3 x 15.6 cm);
(iii) Attributed to Ferdinando Galli Bibiena (Bologna 1657-1743), An architectural capriccio, black chalk, pen and brown ink, grey wash, 4 1/8 x 5 7/8 in. (10.4 x 15 cm);
(iv) Attributed to Ferdinando Galli Bibiena (Bologna 1657-1743), An architectural capriccio, traces of black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash, armorial watermark, 4 7/8 x 3 ½ in. (12.2 x 8.8 cm)
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(i) William Bateson (1861-1926), London (L. 2604a); Sotheby’s, London, 23-24 April 1929, lot 75 (as Piranesi).
Henry Oppenheimer (1859-1932), London; Christie’s, London, 10-14 July 1936, lot 144 (as Piranesi).
with Colnaghi, London, 1951 (as Filippo Juvara), from whom acquired by Robert Landolt (L. 2223a).
(ii) Francesco Dubini (1848-1932), Milan.
with Dr Karl Grünwald (1887-1964), Zurich (this and the above according to the Landolt typescript catalogue), from whom acquired by Robert Landolt.
(iii and iv) Paul Fatio (1874-1960), Geneva (L. 3701); Nicolas Rauch, Geneva, 13-15 June 1960, possibly part of lot 12 or 13, where acquired by Robert Landolt.