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1957

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Print, Side Wall Elevation of the Riding Academy, Vienna

This is a Print. It was decorated by Francesco Zucchi and after Giuseppe Galli Bibiena. It is dated 1740–44 and we acquired it in 1957. Its medium is engraving with black ink on white paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase through gift of the Estate of David Wolfe Bishop.

Its dimensions are

Platemark: 34.8 × 50.2 cm (13 11/16 × 19 3/4 in.) H x W: 38.2 × 52 cm (15 1/16 × 20 1/2 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed below: "Un prezzo della Parte Lateralo della Medesimma Cavallerizza; tutti li festoni errano composti di fiori al Naturale, ed i fondi delli adornamenti messi ad ero." Lower left: "J.G. Bibiena S. D. M. Archit. Theatr. Prim. Inv. et del."; lower right: "F. Zucchi Sculps. Dresdae." Below, left, the number 5, and above, right: "P.V.

Cite this object as

Print, Side Wall Elevation of the Riding Academy, Vienna; Decorated by Francesco Zucchi (Italian, 1692 - 1739); After Giuseppe Galli Bibiena (Italian, 1696–1756); engraving with black ink on white paper; Platemark: 34.8 × 50.2 cm (13 11/16 × 19 3/4 in.) H x W: 38.2 × 52 cm (15 1/16 × 20 1/2 in.); Museum purchase through gift of the Estate of David Wolfe Bishop; 1957-81-2

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