[1] Preliminary measured drawing of aisled vestibule, courtyard, stair and loggia

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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: Rome: Palazzo Farnese, 18 November 1779 (2)

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Reference number

SM 45/1/5 recto and verso

Purpose

[1] Preliminary measured drawing of aisled vestibule, courtyard, stair and loggia

Aspect

Plan of aisled vestibule between the courtyard and the piazza in front of it; plan of courtyard; plan of stair from courtyard labelled B; plan of loggia facing Tiber labelled a
(verso) Part-section through carriage entrance and courtyard colonnade; detail of moulded base of Collonne del Cortile; detail of Doric capitals; plan of pier labelled Al di Sopra / Ordine Ionico; section through carriage entrance; detail of coffering labelled quadrato vero / Ornament^d

Scale

Inscribed

as above, dimensions given and (recto) Palazzo Farnese, Her[cules]

Signed and dated

Adi [Anno Domini] Nov. 18 1779

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

Soane was obviously restricted to recording only the semi-public circulation areas of the Palazzo Farnese, designed for Cardinal Alessandro Farnese, later Pope Paul III, by Antonio da Sangallo the Younger (1484-1546) from 1517. An upper storey was added, together with other modifications, by Michelangelo from 1546. Completed by Giacomo della Porta, 1589, the Palazzo Farnese presently houses the French Embassy.

Literature

P.du Prey, John Soane's architectural education 1753-80, 1977, pp.268-9 (describes recto and verso No. 1 in detail)
W.Lotz, revised. D. Howard, Architecture in Italy 1500-1600, 1995, pp. 57-60

Level

Drawing

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