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Drawing. SM 48/4/6. ©Sir John Soane's Museum, London. Photo: Ardon Bar-Hama
Reference number
SM 48/4/6
Purpose
Farnese Theatre, Parma, c.1759-64
Aspect
[1] Plan
Scale
(Dance) Scala di Braccia 10 di Parma
Inscribed
(Italian hand) Pianta / del celebre Teatro di Parma, labelled (Dance?) Proscenio Orchestra and numbered 1 to 7 with key referring to Ingresso, Scala, Corridore and Sedili
Signed and dated
- c.1759-64
Medium and dimensions
Brown pen, pencil on laid paper (240 x 375)
Hand
Dance, Italian hand
Watermark
fleur-de-lis within crowned cartouche and LVG
Notes
If the plan was measured and drawn by Dance - it could be someone else's drawings that Dance inscribed or a copy of a drawing made by another - it suggests that he must have visited Parma. However, in a letter to his father he wrote of sending his drawings to Parma and of having the gold medal he won for his competition design for a public gallery (see [SM D4/11/1]) sent to him in Rome. Frank Salmon (e-mail, 18 June 2002) confirms that Dance posted his competition entry and that though there is no evidence for his visiting Parma on his return journey northwards, he might well have done so.
Built 1612-28 to the design of Giovanni Battista Aleottis (1546-1636), the Teatro Farnese was largely destroyed in World War II.
See also competition design for a large building with a theatre, c.1760 [SM 48/4/4].
Built 1612-28 to the design of Giovanni Battista Aleottis (1546-1636), the Teatro Farnese was largely destroyed in World War II.
See also competition design for a large building with a theatre, c.1760 [SM 48/4/4].
Level
Drawing
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