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Reference number
SM D3/1/17
Purpose
Details of cornice at Palestrina (Praeneste)
Aspect
[1] Elevations and sections of cornices, console and shouldered architrave
Scale
in Roman feet
Inscribed
(pen) Cornice, che vesta sopra le Finestre delle Prigioni sotto il Palazzo del Principe Barbarini in Palestrina and dimensions given
Signed and dated
- 1759-64
Medium and dimensions
Pencil on laid secretary paper (430 x 310)
Hand
unidentified foreign hand
Watermark
Fabiani and crowned shield with cross with griffin? supporters above GBF encircled above encircled flower
Notes
The drawing, on paper that may have been made in Spain or Palermo, is not in Dance's hand and presumably was acquired when he was in Italy from 1758 to 1764.
Level
Drawing
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