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(4) Antonio Galli-Bibiena
(b Parma, 16 Jan 1700; d ?Mantua, 1774). Son of (1) Ferdinando Galli-Bibiena. He was a pupil of Giuseppe dal Sole and later of Marcantonio Franceschini. In 1718 he began to assist his father on theatre decoration and scene-painting in Bologna and in nearby Cento and Fano. He also spent some time with his uncle, (2) Francesco Galli-Bibiena, in Rome, on similar projects. After returning briefly to Bologna, he went in 1721 to join his elder brother (3) Giuseppe Galli-Bibiena in Vienna. There he contributed regularly to the elaborate theatrical entertainments, and in 1727 was officially appointed as his brother’s deputy in the post of ‘Theatralingenieur’.
Part of the Galli-Bibiena family
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