Monumental Vaulted Hall with Staircase

by Giuseppe Galli Bibiena

Also known as: Monumental Hall Supported by Spiral and Square Pillars

View at the Cleveland Museum of Art

Inscriptions

VERSO, center right, in graphite: F 133 [circled ; lower right, in graphite: 26 [circled, underlined]

Provenance

Edmond Fatio, Geneva (his stamp (not in Lugt), lower right, in black ink; identification is according to sale catalogue); his sale [Nicolas Rauch S. A., Geneva, 3-4 June 1959] (according to sale catalogue xeroxed in departmental folder). [William H. Schab, New York]

Exhibition history

Year in Review - 1962. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 24-November 25, 1962). Drawings. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 11-September 10, 1963). Drawings: France, Italy, Netherlands. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 1-March 24, 1965). Drawings by the Bibiena Family. Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA (organizer) (January 10-February 28, 1968). 18th Century Master Drawings. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (October 6-November 22, 1981).

Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.

Quick Overview

Artist: Giuseppe Galli Bibiena (Italian, 1696–1757)
Date: 1725–50(?)
Medium: pen and brown ink and brush and gray wash, with brush and brown wash and traces of yellow gouache; framing lines in brown ink
Dimensions: Sheet: 31.6 x 45 cm (12 7/16 x 17 11/16 in.); Image: 31 x 44.4 cm (12 3/16 x 17 1/2 in.)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawing
Department: Drawings
Credit line: Delia E. Holden Fund
Accession no.: 1962.114

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