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[4] Drawing copied from (?) Thomas Hardwick, and (?) bought from Manocchi (4)
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Reference number
SM 44/9/12
Purpose
[4] Drawing copied from (?) Thomas Hardwick, and (?) bought from Manocchi (4)
Aspect
Highly finished section of a niche head with its painted decoration
Scale
to a scale
Inscribed
(inscribed by Soane) Luneta della Villa Adriani in Tivoli
Medium and dimensions
Pen, sepia and coloured washes, shaded within single ruled border on laid paper (396 x 486)
Hand
Giuseppe Manocchi (c.1731-82)
Watermark
fleur-de-lis within crowned cartouche
Notes
On whether Soane's drawings of Hadrian's villa are copied from Thomas Hardwick or Giacomo Quarenghi or both see du Prey, op.cit., 1972. The drawings by Hardwick for Hadrian's Villa are in the RIBA Drawings Collection, SC53/9-10 (1-3).
Professor du Prey (February 2009) noted that the drawing catalogued here relates to SM 45/2/21, SM 44/9/14 and SM 44/9/13 for the Villa Doria Pamphili in Rome (Soane in Italy: measured drawings: Rome: Villa Doria Pamphili). The four are by the same hand, which appears to be that of Giuseppe Manocchi (c. 1731-1782) who was a Roman draughtsman of whom little is known. There are drawings signed by him (and dated 1765 or 1766) in the Adam collection at the Soane Museum and also in the 'Thomas Hardwick albums' at the Royal Institute of British Architects Drawings Collection, that are dated between 1759 and 1770.
Professor du Prey (February 2009) noted that the drawing catalogued here relates to SM 45/2/21, SM 44/9/14 and SM 44/9/13 for the Villa Doria Pamphili in Rome (Soane in Italy: measured drawings: Rome: Villa Doria Pamphili). The four are by the same hand, which appears to be that of Giuseppe Manocchi (c. 1731-1782) who was a Roman draughtsman of whom little is known. There are drawings signed by him (and dated 1765 or 1766) in the Adam collection at the Soane Museum and also in the 'Thomas Hardwick albums' at the Royal Institute of British Architects Drawings Collection, that are dated between 1759 and 1770.
Literature
P.du Prey, 'Soane and Hardwick in Rome: a Neo-Classical partnership', Architectural History, Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain, XV, 1972, pp.53,65-7
P.du Prey, (J.Lever editor), Catalogue of the Drawings Collection of the Royal Institute of British Architects, volume G-K, 1973, p.942-3
P.du Prey, John Soane's architectural education 1753-80, 1977, pp.287-8; P. du Prey, John Soane: the making of an architect, 1982, pp.151-6
P.du Prey, (J.Lever editor), Catalogue of the Drawings Collection of the Royal Institute of British Architects, volume G-K, 1973, p.942-3
P.du Prey, John Soane's architectural education 1753-80, 1977, pp.287-8; P. du Prey, John Soane: the making of an architect, 1982, pp.151-6
Level
Drawing
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