[1] Preliminary measured drawing of the south-west corner of the 17-bay palazzo

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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 Vidoni Caffarelli (formerly Stoppani), 28 November 1779 (2)

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Reference number

SM volume 42/3

Purpose

[1] Preliminary measured drawing of the south-west corner of the 17-bay palazzo

Aspect

Rough measured elevation of two bays with details including Cornice alle / Finistre, balustrade, capital and rustication

Scale

scale of 1/10 in to 1 ft2 bar scale in English feet of 1/4 in to 1 ft

Inscribed

as above and dimensions given

Medium and dimensions

Pencil on laid secretary paper (275 x 198)

Hand

Soane

Watermark

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

Notes

The Vidoni Caffarelli palace, built in about 1515 and Raphaelesque in style, has been attributed to Lorenzo Lotti The original facade was seven bays wide and two storeys high and has since been enlarged and now has 17 bays and an attic storey. As it happens, Soane did not measure and draw the early part of the palace but a mid-seventeenth century addition on the corner of the Via del Sudario and the Piazza Vidoni.

Literature

P.du Prey, John Soane's architectural education 1753-80, 1977, pp.270-1, 521-2 fn.12
D.Watkin, Sir John Soane: the Royal Academy lectures, Cambridge, 2000, pp.332, 560-1

Level

Drawing

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