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Reference number

SM 45/6/5 verso

Purpose

3 Rome: Church of Sant' Andrea della Valle: copy of measured drawing

Aspect

Cross sections of 3 trusses

Scale

to a scale

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil, some pricking for transfer, traces of red sealing wax at corner on laid paper (399 x 549)

Hand

Soane

Watermark

fleur-de-lis within oval frame with CB above (Heawood 1598 Rome 1762)

Notes

Comparison with C.H.Tatham's measured drawings made in 1796 and labelled 'S Andrea della Vale' (RIBA Drawings Collection SC110/11(2) and (6)) show that Soane's unlabelled drawings are for the same building.

Sant' Andrea della Valle, sited in the Piazza Vidoni, was built 1591 to 1663. It has a Latin-cross plan, four side chapels, half-domed sanctuary and domed crossing. See the following catalogue entry for further roof trusses for the same church.

Level

Drawing

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