ANTONIO GALLI BIBIENA (I 7oo—I 744), third son of Ferdinando, was the architect of the Academia Virgiliana at Mantua and of the Teatro Communale at Bologna. He was also employed at the court of Vienna.
As the Bibienas' works in theatrical scenery were not executed in durable material, and as their decorations for court functions were necessarily of a temporary character, little has survived, and we are only able to judge of their richness and splendour from drawings, which have come down to us in great numbers and are preserved chiefly at Vienna, Munich and Dresden. A fine collection of them was published lately in Corrado Ricci's, I. Bibiena (19I 5) .