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[31] Finished drawing for a ceiling, c1765-66, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 15/46
Purpose
[31] Finished drawing for a ceiling, c1765-66, unexecuted
Aspect
(31) Rectangular plan showing half of a square ceiling, with elliptical figurative medallions enclosed by wreathes, and with a ground ornamented with a patera within a fan and wreath, figures supported by tubular flowers, winged fauns supporting baskets and supported by tubular flowers, urns, half figures, swags, masks, arabesques, acanthus leaves, calyx, wheat sheaves, rosettes, and a border of masks, arabesques, calyx, rosette, a variety of foliage, panels containing swans, and panels containing winged putti harvesting
Scale
to a scale
Signed and dated
- date range: 1765-66
Medium and dimensions
Pen and coloured washes including violet, red, terre verte and cerulean blue within a single ruled border on laid paper (540 x 365)
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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