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[46] Finished drawing for a ceiling, c1765-66, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 15/63
Purpose
[46] Finished drawing for a ceiling, c1765-66, unexecuted
Aspect
(46) Rectangular plan showing half of a rectangular ceiling, with rectangular and octagonal tablets containing figures and putti, and a ground ornamented with a patera enclosed within fans, winged half figures, arabesques, acanthus leaves, calyx, a wreath, swags, figures supported by tubular flowers and supporting baskets, seated winged figures supporting baskets, putti, urns, masks, half dragons, fauns, ribbons, winged half putti, rosettes and anthemia
Scale
to a scale
Signed and dated
- date range: 1765-66
Medium and dimensions
Pen and coloured washes including yellow ochre, pink and black within a single ruled border on laid paper (531 x 360)
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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