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unidentified 18th C Italian architect (? Antonio Adami or Antonio Visentini), Vicenza, arch. SM 44/8/7. ©Sir John Soane's Museum, London. Photo Ardon Bar-Hama
Reference number
SM 44/8/7
Purpose
Buildings in Padua, Rome and Vicenza
Aspect
[12] Plan and elevation of te Arch of the Stairs, Vicenza
Scale
to a scale
Inscribed
Arco antico di Vicenza
Signed and dated
- 1759-64
Medium and dimensions
Brown pen and sepia wash, shaded, within double ruled border on laid paper (490 x 385)
Hand
Italian draughtsman
Watermark
encircled fleur-de-lis
Notes
The drawing shows a single-opening arch with four attached columns on each side reached by 16 steps. Drawings for the same subject from the Visentini workshop/studio (See Catalogue of the Drawings Collection of the Royal Institute of British Architects. J.McAndrew, Antonio Visentini, 1974, identify the Arco antico di Vicenza as the 'Arco delle Scalette' (degli Scalinetti) that 'stands at the foot of 192 steps leading to the pilgrimage basilica at the top of the Monte Berico ... set up in 1595, fifteen years after the death of Palladio, to whom it was long attributed and sometimes still is.' A comparison shows some differences; in particular, the order is Doric in the RIBA's drawing (No.2) and Corinthian in the one bought by Dance.
Level
Drawing
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