Architectural cappriccio depicting a piazza featuring an arcade, an obelisk and statuary, with fragments of stonework shown in the foreground
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| RIBApix ref no |
RIBA21194 |
| Subject Date | 1745 |
| Image Date | 1745 |
| View | Interior |
| Style | Baroque |
| Medium | Drawing |
| Library Reference | SB2/18 |
| Orientation | Landscape |
| Colour / B&W |
Colour |
| Credit |
RIBA Collections
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| Notes |
NOTES:
This composition, by an artist of the School of Bibiena, may have been drawn by a non-Italian or possibly by an Italian artist working in Germany in about 1750. It appears to derive from Giuseppe Bibiena's designs and possibly quotes in part from a stage design engraved as plate 7 in Part I of his 'Architettura e Prospettive' (1740), as well as from his designs for imaginary piazzas.
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Subject tags
arches, ruins, statues, arcades, stage sets, obelisks