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[79] Finished drawing for a ceiling, c1765-66, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 16/1
Purpose
[79] Finished drawing for a ceiling, c1765-66, unexecuted
Aspect
(79) Rectangular plan showing half of a square ceiling, with a rectangular compartment containing a charioteer, and lunettes containing figurative scenes, and a ground ornamented with putti, sphinxes, griffons, cameos, masks, festoons, and arabesques, and there is a border of medallions, masks, swans and arabesques
Scale
to a scale
Signed and dated
- date range: 1765-66
Medium and dimensions
Pen and coloured washes including pink and cerulean blue within a single ruled border on laid paper (367 x 645)
Hand
Giuseppe Manocchi
Notes
See scheme notes.
Literature
Spiers, 1979, p. 28
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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