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[29] Finished drawing for a ceiling, 1765, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 15/42
Purpose
[29] Finished drawing for a ceiling, 1765, unexecuted
Aspect
(29) Plan of a square ceiling, with a central figurative medallion enclosed within an octagonal compartment, and a figurative medallion in each corner, and with a ground ornamented with winged half figures, cameos, winged putti, urns, winged griffons, swags, baskets, wreaths, arabesques, acanthus leaves, rosettes, calyx
Scale
to a scale
Signed and dated
- Io Giuseppe Manocchi Romano 1765
Medium and dimensions
Pen and coloured washes including yellow ochre, Indian red and terre verte within a single ruled border on laid paper (294 x 339)
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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