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Giuseppe Galli Bibiena

Elevation of Boxes and Royal Box as Presently Constituted and According to New Design

ca. 1750
Pen, gray ink and wash over pencil with color for garlands above royal box
41 × 61.9 cm (16.1 × 24.4 in)

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