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[5] Copy of measured drawing from an Italian source
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Reference number
SM 45/4/14
Purpose
[5] Copy of measured drawing from an Italian source
Aspect
Unfinished elevation showing the ground and first floors and three bays of a building with semicircular arched openings, with some incomplete details of Doric and angle capitals and soffit
Scale
to varying scales of ? Palmi
Inscribed
dimensions given
Medium and dimensions
Pencil, dimensions in pen on laid paper (Italian made) (389 x 506)
Hand
Soane
Notes
Soane added dimensions such as 17/8, 13/4 and, for example, used 1/8 and 1/9 fractions for mouldings of the same capital.
The Concise Catalogue (q.v.) puts this drawing with those of Bagnaia: Villa Lante, but the reason is not obvious though the medium and support are the same.
The Concise Catalogue (q.v.) puts this drawing with those of Bagnaia: Villa Lante, but the reason is not obvious though the medium and support are the same.
Level
Drawing
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
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