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Reference number

SM 45/1/3

Purpose

[2] Preliminary measured drawing

Aspect

Preliminary half-section, plan of wall and detail of coffering over altar, and (verso) slight detail of column and balustrade

Inscribed

dimensions given

Medium and dimensions

Pencil on thin laid paper (275 x 400)

Hand

Soane

Watermark

dove on monti within a circle and F above (Heawood 166, 168)

Notes

The church with its graceful oval dome was dedicated to St Andrew and named for its architect Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola (1507-73). It was completed in 1553.

Literature

P.du Prey, John Soane's architectural education 1753-80, 1977, p.270

Level

Drawing

Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation

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