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[3] Copy of a design made in 1545 by Jacopo Barozzi da Vignola (1507-73)
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- Sir John Soane office drawings: the drawings of Sir John Soane and the office of Sir John Soane
Reference number
SM 45/4/8
Purpose
[3] Copy of a design made in 1545 by Jacopo Barozzi da Vignola (1507-73)
Aspect
Part-elevation showing left lower storey with entrances
Scale
to an Italian scale (a smaller scale than SM 45/4/6)
Medium and dimensions
Pencil on laid paper (549 x 379)
Hand
Soane
Watermark
fleur-de-lis within crowned cartouche with GR below
Notes
Clearly, Soane did not have time to copy the elaborate detail of Vignola's Gothic scheme and drew only parts of the elevation in outline with details of gabled pinnacles and crocketed gables, as well as indications of the treatment of the north and central portals.
Literature
P.du Prey, John Soane's architectural education 1753-80, 1977, pp.261-2
M. Faietti and M.Medica (eds),'La Basilica incompiuta. Progetti antichi per la facciata di San Petronio a Bologna'. Catalogue of an exhibition, Museo Civico Medievale, Bologna, 2001, pp.90-2
M. Faietti and M.Medica (eds),'La Basilica incompiuta. Progetti antichi per la facciata di San Petronio a Bologna'. Catalogue of an exhibition, Museo Civico Medievale, Bologna, 2001, pp.90-2
Level
Drawing
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