!!!Galli-Bibiena, Giuseppe

b. Parma (Italy), Jan. 5, 1696, 
d. Berlin (Germany), March 12, 1757, son of Ferdinando  Galli-Bibiena 
and brother of Antonio  Galli-Bibiena. Accompanied his father to 
Barcelona and Vienna, where he substituted for his father from 1717. 
However, it was not until 1723 that he was officially appointed "First 
Theatrical Engineer". Together with his brother Antonio he designed 
decorations for the theatre and for festivities for Vienna, Linz (used 
transparent decorations for the first time), Graz and Prague (1723 
"Costanza e Fortezza" at Hradčany castle). Was in Dresden in 
1747, from 1751 he received occasional orders from Friedrich the Great 
and from 1753 worked permanently for him in Berlin.

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