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Design for a ceiling after the antique in a cruciform composition with a central circle containing a head with aureole and four more circular panels; the four compartments of the ceiling each contain a head encircled with a laurel wreath. On the sides are four tripartite semi-circular panels with figures in the central portion.
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Reference number
Adam vol.26/185
Purpose
Design for a ceiling after the antique in a cruciform composition with a central circle containing a head with aureole and four more circular panels; the four compartments of the ceiling each contain a head encircled with a laurel wreath. On the sides are four tripartite semi-circular panels with figures in the central portion.
Aspect
Ceiling plan
Notes
This is one of a set of highly-finished, coloured drawings of a similar size (see Adam vol.26/168, 169, 179-182, 185, 187, 189 and 190) by Giuseppe Manocchi (1731-82), which parallel those found in Adam volumes 15 and 16. The design here is close to that in Adam vol.26/179; the principal variations lie in the tripartite panels. A similar close relationship can be seen in the two drawings in Adam vol.26/168 and 182, and to the unfinished Manocchi drawing amongst the Hardwick albums in the RIBA Drawings Collection, London.
Level
Drawing
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