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Unfinished record drawing of half of a wall with square-headed doorway and a vault above decorated with grotesque work of winged figures, animals, foliage and garlands around part of an oval panel.
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Reference number
Adam vol.26/32
Purpose
Unfinished record drawing of half of a wall with square-headed doorway and a vault above decorated with grotesque work of winged figures, animals, foliage and garlands around part of an oval panel.
Aspect
Elevation
Signed and dated
- Undated, possibly 1765 - 67
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil; ink framing line
393 x 234
Hand
Giuseppe Manocchi (attributed to)
Notes
The source for this drawing by Giuseppe Manocchi (c.1731-82) may be the end walls with vaults above from the Vatican logge in Rome. A perspective of them introduced Ottaviani's set of prints and elevations were included as plate 16. Like Adam vol.26/31, it may have been the intention to colour this drawing.
The similarities between this drawing and those in the collection of the RIBA mean it could date from 1765 - 7 when Manocchi was in London.
The similarities between this drawing and those in the collection of the RIBA mean it could date from 1765 - 7 when Manocchi was in London.
Level
Drawing
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