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  • image Adam vol.26/23

Reference number

Adam vol.26/23

Purpose

Italy: Rome, the Vatican. Record drawing of a rectangular panel showing symmetrical grotesque work of vases, birds and winged figures in foliage.

Aspect

Elevation

Inscribed

Inscribed in ink in a contemporary hand delle Vaticano

Signed and dated

  • Undated, probably 1760 - 63

Medium and dimensions

Pencil, pen, brown wash; ink framing line340 x 157

Hand

Giuseppe Manocchi (attributed to)

Notes

This drawing and its companion in Adam vol.26/24, which has the same inscription, are presumably variations on the work of Giovanni da Udine (1487-1564) in the Raphael logge of the Vatican. The lower section of the composition can be compared with Adam vol.26/19.

Level

Drawing

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