Tags: Painter.
Francesco Galli called Francesco da Bibiena (or da Bibbiena) the younger brother of Ferdinando Galli was born at Bologna in 1659. He first studied under Lorenzo Pasinelli; but he was afterwards instructed in the school of Carlo Cignani. His knowledge of architecture and perspective was considerable; but he excelled in figures. He worked successively for the Emperors Leopold I and Joseph I and was invited to Madrid by Philip V who appointed him his principal architect. He died in 1739.
