Antonio Galli da Bibiena

Antonio Galli da Bibiena (born January 1, 1697 or 1698 or January 16, 1700 in Parma , † January 28, 1774 in Milan or Mantua) was an Italian decorative painter and architect of the late Baroque . He mainly dealt with the scenography and the design of theater buildings .

Life

Antonio Galli da Bibiena was the third son of the architect Ferdinando Galli da Bibiena and brother of Alessandro , Giuseppe and Giovanni Maria the Elder. J. Galli da Bibiena (around 1739–1769). After training in Parma, he worked for his father in Bologna and Fano . From 1721 he moved to Vienna , where he became second theater engineer in 1727. He designed the furnishings for various city palaces and contributed to the expansion of St. Peter's Church . In addition, he created festival decorations and worked on the funeral ceremonies for Charles VI. with and frescoed the dummy dome of the Trinitarian Church in Pressburg .

In 1740 he went back to Italy, where from 1751 to 1753 he rebuilt the burnt-down theater in the Palazzo della Signoria in Siena and furnished it himself. His other well-known theaters include the Teatro Scientifico in the Palazzo del-l'Accademia Virginale in Mantua and the Teatro Comunale in Bologna .

He also designed the theaters in Pistoia and the La Pergola Theater in Florence .

gallery

High altar of St. Peters Church in Vienna
Fresco under the organ gallery
Interior of the Teatro Scientifico in Mantua

literature

Oskar Pollak : Bibiena, Antonio Galli . In: Ulrich Thieme , Felix Becker (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker. tape 3 : Bassano – Bickham . Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig 1909, p. 597-598 ( Text Archive - Internet Archive ).
Franz Hadamowsky : The Galli Bibiena family in Vienna, life and work for the theater. Vienna 1962.
W. Bergamini: Antonio Galli da Bibiena e la costruzione del Teatro comunale di Bologna. Bologna 1966.
Wolf Stadler u. a .: Lexicon of Art 5th Gal – Lord. Karl Müller Verlag, Erlangen 1994, ISBN 3-86070-452-4 , p. 8.
Marialuisa Angiolillo: Bibiena, Antonio . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 10, Saur, Munich a. a. 1994, ISBN 3-598-22750-7 , pp. 470ff.

Web links

Commons : Antonio Galli Bibbiena - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Entry on Antonio Galli da Bibiena in the database of the state's memory of the history of Lower Austria ( Museum Niederösterreich )
Family Galli da Bibiena

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c Oskar Pollak : Bibiena, Antonio Galli . In: Ulrich Thieme , Felix Becker (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker. tape 3 : Bassano – Bickham . Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig 1909, p. 597-598 ( Text Archive - Internet Archive ).
^ Marialuisa Angiolillo: Bibiena, Antonio . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 10, Saur, Munich a. a. 1994, ISBN 3-598-22750-7 , pp. 470ff.
↑ ^a ^b Wolf Stadler: Lexikon der Kunst 5. 1994, p. 8.

personal data
SURNAME	Galli da Bibiena, Antonio
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Bibiena, Antonio; Bibiena, Antonio Galli; Bibbiena, Antonio Luigi; Galli Bibiena, Antonio; Galli, Antonio; Galli, Antonio Luigi
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Italian decorative painter and architect
DATE OF BIRTH	January 1, 1697 or January 1, 1698 or January 16, 1700
PLACE OF BIRTH	Parma
DATE OF DEATH	January 28, 1774
Place of death	Milan or Mantua

[ThiemeBecker-1] Oskar Pollak : Bibiena, Antonio Galli . In: Ulrich Thieme , Felix Becker (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker. tape 3 : Bassano – Bickham . Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig 1909, p. 597-598 ( Text Archive - Internet Archive ).

[2] Marialuisa Angiolillo: Bibiena, Antonio . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 10, Saur, Munich a. a. 1994, ISBN 3-598-22750-7 , pp. 470ff.

[stadler-3] Wolf Stadler: Lexikon der Kunst 5. 1994, p. 8.