[1] Copy of a measured drawing after ? Giuseppe Manocchi, c.1780

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    - Italy: Rome: Villa Doria Pamphili (also known as Bel Respiro) (3)

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Reference number

SM 45/2/21

Purpose

[1] Copy of a measured drawing after ? Giuseppe Manocchi, c.1780

Aspect

Part plan of a circular room showing 4 semicircular alcoves and 3 doorways, the half-plan of the ceiling shown in dotted lines

Scale

to a scale

Inscribed

(Soane) Villa Pamfili

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil within double ruled border on laid paper (400 x 485)

Hand

? Giuseppe Manocchi (c.1731-82)

Watermark

cartouche with bend surmounted by fleur-de-lis and crescent between V and L below

Notes

It seems the drawing is by Manocchi, bought by Soane in about 1780. The Villa Pamphili, later Doria Pamphili, and sometimes known as the Villa del Bel Respiro is sited to the south-west of the centre of Rome just outside the Porta San Pancrazio (Via San Pancrazio). The Villa was built 1644-52 by Alessandro Algardi (1595-1654) better known as a sculptor, who also designed the summer theatre and several fountains. For another drawing by Manocchi see Italy: Tivoli: Hadrian's Villa: SM 44/9/12.

Literature

P.du Prey, John Soane's architectural education 1753-80, 1977, pp.272, 522 fn.34

Level

Drawing

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