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unidentified 18th C Italian architect (? Antonio Adami or Antonio Visentini), Rome, Arches Septimus Severus and Constantine. SM 44/8/5. ©Sir John Soane's Museum, London. Photo Ardon Bar-Hama
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Reference number

SM 48/4/5

Purpose

Buildings in Padua, Rome and Vicenza

Aspect

[13] Elevation of the Palazzo Chiericati, Vicenza

Scale

to a scale

Inscribed

(pencil) Palazo del Chieregato

Signed and dated

  • 1759-64

Medium and dimensions

Brown paper and sepia wash, shaded, within double ruled border on laid paper (360 x 470)

Hand

Italian draughtsman

Notes

The Palazzo Chiericati was built to Andrea Palladio's design from 1550. The drawing differs from the executed design, which consists of two stories and does not have the five-bay upper storey shown here. Otherwise it broadly corresponds, having 11 bays in all, a Doric order to the ground floor and an Iconic order to the firs floor - the drawing having a Corinthian order to the upper floor.

Level

Drawing

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