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François-Joseph Bélanger (1744-1818): Lansdowne House, Berkeley Square, Westminster, 1779
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Drawing. SM 68/5/6. ©Sir John Soane's Museum, London. Photo: Ardon Bar-Hama
Reference number
SM 68/5/6
Purpose
François-Joseph Bélanger (1744-1818): Lansdowne House, Berkeley Square, Westminster, 1779
Aspect
[1] Cross-section
Scale
to a scale
Inscribed
Coupe du milieu de la Gallerie disposée pour être eclairée par en haut
Signed: Belanger architect
Dated: 1779
Signed and dated
- 1779
Medium and dimensions
Pen, sepia, pink, raw umber and light blue washes, shaded, multi-ruled border with gold, Prussian blue and black washes (see below) on thick laid paper (610 x 495)
Hand
Bélanger
Notes
The three drawings have the same kind of border: (from the inside working outwards) ruled thin black line, thin applied gold strip, black passé-partout, ruled thin black line, Prussian blue wash to the edge.
The section through the middle of the gallery shows a conical lantern in a deeply coved ceiling. In the foreground is a screen in the form of a Palladian motif with two pairs of fluted Ionic columns supporting a semi-circular keystoned arch and an entablature in which the frieze is decorated with garlands and festoons. Above the cornice are winged representations of Art and Science as well as military and naval trophies, griffins and urns, and putti supporting a scallop shell. Below, canephorae and nymphs support lesser arches and candelabra and in an alcove is a seated Minervae on a pedestal.
REPRODUCED. D. Stillman, 'The Gallery for Lansdowne House', Art Bulletin, LII, 1970, fig.9.
The section through the middle of the gallery shows a conical lantern in a deeply coved ceiling. In the foreground is a screen in the form of a Palladian motif with two pairs of fluted Ionic columns supporting a semi-circular keystoned arch and an entablature in which the frieze is decorated with garlands and festoons. Above the cornice are winged representations of Art and Science as well as military and naval trophies, griffins and urns, and putti supporting a scallop shell. Below, canephorae and nymphs support lesser arches and candelabra and in an alcove is a seated Minervae on a pedestal.
REPRODUCED. D. Stillman, 'The Gallery for Lansdowne House', Art Bulletin, LII, 1970, fig.9.
Level
Drawing
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