GIUSEPPE GALLI BIBIENA (1696-1756), second son of Fer dinando, was the most distinguished artist of the family. He was born at Parma on Jan. 5, 1696. As a youth he accompanied his father to Barcelona and afterwards to Vienna. Staying on, when his father left, he there became the chief organizer of splendid court festivities and functions. He designed catafalcoes for the deceased members of the imperial family, and scenery for their plays and dances. In 1722 he worked in Munich; in 1723 in Prague. In 1742 he designed the decorations for the Vienna opera; in 1747 he was employed at the Opera in Dresden; in 1748 he designed the interior of the theatre at Bayreuth; and in renovated the Dresden opera. The following year took him to Berlin, where he died in 1756. In 1740 he published a collection of engravings of architectural designs, Architettura e Prospetettive dedicate alla Maesta di Carlo VI.