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Italy: Rome, the Vatican. Unfinished record drawing of the decoration of a pilaster with four relief panels of different shapes, below which are four paired scenes framed by leafy arches, each containing putti in landscape or architectural settings; at the base are two putti on a geometric pedestal holding a garland.
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Reference number
Adam vol.26/194
Purpose
Italy: Rome, the Vatican. Unfinished record drawing of the decoration of a pilaster with four relief panels of different shapes, below which are four paired scenes framed by leafy arches, each containing putti in landscape or architectural settings; at the base are two putti on a geometric pedestal holding a garland.
Aspect
Elevation
Signed and dated
- Undated, probably 1760 - 1763
Medium and dimensions
Pencil, pen, watercolour
1232 x 270, three joined sheets
Hand
Giuseppe Manocchi (attributed to)
Notes
This drawing, together with those in Adam vol.26/186, 191-201 is part of a group attributed to Giuseppe Manocchi (c.1731-82), showing decoration of the Vatican logge. This drawing is a version of the Ottaviani engraving (see below) for pilaster 8; although the subject matter of the relief panels does not correspond, the lower portion does, as does the overall composition. According to Dacros, the panels should show: galloping horse, Polimnia, fighting centaurs, satyr with horn (see N. Dacros, Le Logge di Raffaello, Rome, 1986, pp.271-2). The composition also lacks a side border of foliage and rosettes; there is a more accurate version of this pilaster in Adam vol.26/200 a & b that shows the border. There is a variant of this drawing in Sir John Soane's Museum, Soane volume SM130/3.
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
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