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Reference number

SM 68/5/1

Purpose

Francesco Panini (fl.1772): Lansdowne House, Berkeley Square, Westminster, 1772

Aspect

[1] Ceiling plan and wall elevation

Scale

Piedi 120: di Londra - 1/6 in to 1 ft approximately

Inscribed

(pencil, Dance) Section of a Room [the rest is illegible] Signed: Fran.Panini inv.

Signed and dated

  • 1772

Medium and dimensions

Pen, sepia wash, pink, yellow, green earth and small touches of other colour washes, shading, within single ruled border on laid paper (430 x 485)

Hand

Panini

Notes

The ceiling is divided into three compartments and has a deep cove with panels for paintings and bas-reliefs; in between the panels are seated naked figures in the style of Michaelangelo holding festoons. The wall elevation has pilasters with Corinthian capitals and more painted and bas-relief panels as well as eight niches for Antique statues and six pedestals for busts. In the centre is a chimney-piece with the fragments from Hadrian's Villa that was incorporated in Dance's executed scheme.

The opposite (window) elevation is in the Victoria & Albert Museum, Prints & Drawings Department, 9081.

Level

Drawing

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