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[112] Finished drawing for an ornamental grotesque panel, c1765-66, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 16/12
Purpose
[112] Finished drawing for an ornamental grotesque panel, c1765-66, unexecuted
Aspect
(112) Elevation of a pointed-arch-shaped panel - possibly for a wall or pointed niche head - ornamented with figurative medallions, rosettes enclosed in square, and a central elliptical figurative tablet within a rectangular frame, and a ground of winged putti, winged half putti, urns, masks, winged half figures, masks, tubular flowers, arabesques, acanthus leaves, calyx and a variety of foliage
Scale
to a scale
Signed and dated
- Io Giuseppe Manochi Romano and date range: 1765-66
Medium and dimensions
Pen and coloured washes including cerulean blue, yellow ochre and terre verte within a double ruled border on laid paper (577 x 376)
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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