Lot 103: Giovanni Maria Quaglio , 1700 - 1765 active Vienna architectural capriccio with a rusticated arcade overlooking a courtyard Pen and black ink and gray wash over traces of black chalk; within black ink framing lines; bears number or initials in pen

Pen and black ink and gray wash over traces of black chalk; within black ink framing lines; bears number or initials in pen and black ink: VIII

measurements note 355 by 508mm

Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, Piranesi and Architectural Fantasy, 31 March-19 September 2001 (no catalogue)

Bears an indistinct mark, possibly J. Richardson, Jr. (L.2170);
Stanislas d'Albuquerque, two variations of his mark recto and verso (not in Lugt);
with Galerie Cailleux, Paris; acquired in 1994

Although this drawing was previously attributed to Giuseppe Galli-Bibiena, that attribution can no longer be sustained. There is an old attribution to Domenico Fossati on the verso, but that too is unconvincing. The drawing is, however, very similar to one in the Oenslager collection, which is attributed to Giovanni Maria I Quaglio.υ1 Quaglio was a follower of Bibiena who worked, together with other members of his family, in Vienna and Munich, making theater designs. 1. See Four Centuries of Scenic Invention, exhibition catalogue, International Exhibitions Foundation, 1974-75, no. 40, reproduced