[2] Copy of a design made in 1545 by Jacopo Barozzi da Vignola (1507-73)

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Sir John Soane office drawings: the drawings of Sir John Soane and the office of Sir John Soane
- Soane's architectural education: Royal Academy and Italy including measured drawings: 1770-1780
  - Soane in Italy: measured drawings made or copied, 1778-80
    - Italy: Bologna: Church of San Petronio: copies of unexecuted designs for the west facade by Peruzzi, Vignola and Palladio and for completion by Rainaldi, copied 29 September 1779 (8)

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Reference number

SM 45/4/6

Purpose

[2] Copy of a design made in 1545 by Jacopo Barozzi da Vignola (1507-73)

Aspect

Part-elevation showing left upper storey with pinnacles

Scale

to an Italian scale (a larger scale than SM 45/4/8)

Inscribed

(in another hand) Del Vignola, Altezza piedi 105, (Soane) Alt^ap. 105 and In another design / of V. very little diff.

Medium and dimensions

Pencil on laid paper (549 x 381)

Hand

another hand?

Watermark

J Whatman

Notes

Clearly, Soane did not have time to copy the elaborate detail of Vignola's Gothic scheme and drew only parts of the elevation in outline with details of gabled pinnacles and crocketed gables, as well as indications of the treatment of the north and central portals.

The drawing, made to a larger scale than SM 45/4/8, has the title written in a clear and different hand that may also have contributed to the drawing itself. In addition to this elevation (n. 4), the Museo di S. Petronio, Bologna has another variant elevation (n. 5) by Vignola that is more highly finished.

Literature

P.du Prey, John Soane's architectural education 1753-80, 1977, pp.261-2
M. Faietti and M.Medica (eds),'La Basilica incompiuta. Progetti antichi per la facciata di San Petronio a Bologna'. Catalogue of an exhibition, Museo Civico Medievale, Bologna, 2001, pp.90-2

Level

Drawing

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