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Italy: Rome, the Vatican. Record drawing for the decoration of a pilaster showing four relief panels surrounded by grotesque decoration and two putti at the base, above connected panels in the form of an inverted 'T'. On one side is a border of foliage and rosettes.
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Reference number
Adam vol.26/192
Purpose
Italy: Rome, the Vatican. Record drawing for the decoration of a pilaster showing four relief panels surrounded by grotesque decoration and two putti at the base, above connected panels in the form of an inverted 'T'. On one side is a border of foliage and rosettes.
Signed and dated
- Undated, probably 1760 - 1763
Medium and dimensions
Pen, watercolour, bodycolour
1240 x 354, four joined sheets
Hand
Giuseppe Manocchi (attributed to)
Notes
This drawing, together with those in Adam vol.26/186, 188, 191-201 is part of a group attributed to Giuseppe Manocchi (c.1731-82), showing decoration of the Vatican logge. The border to this panel would suggest it is one of the principal fourteen pilasters engraved by Ottaviani (see below). It does not, however, seem to correspond to any, although the rectangular panel of a reclining Neptune with wolf does correspond to that shown in Sir John Soane's Museum volume (see SM 130/12).
The decoration of the Vatican logge appeared as engravings between 1772 - 1777 in three parts: Logge di Rafaele nel Vaticano (1772), Seconda Parte delle Logge di Rafaele nel Vaticano (1776) and Terza ed Ultima Parte delle Logge di Rafaele nel Vaticano (1777). Work on the project of recording was begun in 1760 and was more or less completed by 1768. The principal artists involved were the painter Gaetano Savorelli (d.1791) and the architect Pietro Camporesi (1726-81), and the engraver was Giovanni Ottaviani (1735-1808). The third volume was engraved by Giovanni Volpato (1733-1803), after drawings by Ludovico Tesio (1731-82).
The decoration of the Vatican logge appeared as engravings between 1772 - 1777 in three parts: Logge di Rafaele nel Vaticano (1772), Seconda Parte delle Logge di Rafaele nel Vaticano (1776) and Terza ed Ultima Parte delle Logge di Rafaele nel Vaticano (1777). Work on the project of recording was begun in 1760 and was more or less completed by 1768. The principal artists involved were the painter Gaetano Savorelli (d.1791) and the architect Pietro Camporesi (1726-81), and the engraver was Giovanni Ottaviani (1735-1808). The third volume was engraved by Giovanni Volpato (1733-1803), after drawings by Ludovico Tesio (1731-82).
Level
Drawing
Exhibition history
'Bob the Roman': Heroic Antiquity and the Architecture of Robert Adam, Sir John Soane's Museum, London, 27 June - 27 September 2003; New York School of Interior Design Gallery, 29 September - 4 December 2004
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
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