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[30] Finished drawing for a ceiling, c1765-66, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 15/45
Purpose
[30] Finished drawing for a ceiling, c1765-66, unexecuted
Aspect
(30) Lunette-shaped plan showing half of a circular ceiling, with a central patera encircled by fluting, calyx, cable moulding, a fan, anthemia, paired dolphins, arches of Vitruvian scroll with an apron of swags, and enclosing winged putti riding half unicorns and half lions, and a border of winged half figures, festoons, calyx, arabesques, acanthus leaves, rosettes and olive leaves
Scale
to a scale
Signed and dated
- Io Giuseppe Manocchi Romano (this has been scratched out and is very feint) and date range: 1765-66
Medium and dimensions
Pen and coloured washes including lemon yellow, pink, terre verte and cerulean blue within a single ruled border on laid paper (565 x 364)
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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