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Reconstruction of the Pantheon as completed by Agrippa, Marcus Aurelius and other emperors
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Reference number
SM volume 26, p. 15
Purpose
Reconstruction of the Pantheon as completed by Agrippa, Marcus Aurelius and other emperors
Aspect
5 Elevation
Scale
Same as for 4
Inscribed
By Gibbs in pen and brown ink over pencil, C, D, E on drawing, and beneath sheet in lower part of p. 15, C. Front of the portico made by Marcus Agrippa. / D. The Antient Pediment, appearing above that of Agrippas / E. The Tympan of the pediment made by Marcus Agrippa adorned with some history but now demolished.
Signed and dated
- 1740s
Medium and dimensions
Pen and grey ink with grey wash over pencil under drawing; on laid paper; 135 x 150.
Hand
James Gibbs
Watermark
none visible
Notes
Gibbs modifies his elevation of the Pantheon as he did in 1, above, and also modifies Fontana's version of Agrippa's embellishments (Fontana, p. 465, top). He adds an over-door window above the main entrance and omits the pedestals with statues in front of the outer columns. He eliminates statuary from the pediments and does not show the folded-back doors either side of the entrance.
Literature
T. Friedman, James Gibbs, p. 57, pl. 31.
Level
Drawing
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