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[47] Finished drawing for a ceiling, c1765-66, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 15/64
Purpose
[47] Finished drawing for a ceiling, c1765-66, unexecuted
Aspect
(47) Rectangular plan showing half of a square ceiling, with lunette-shaped and rectangular tablets containing figures and putti, and a ground ornamented with a patera enclosed by fluting, winged griffons, arabesques, figures, calyx, rosettes, acanthus leaves, wreaths, fans, anthemia, masks, half dragons, enclosed ram masks, half putti, ribbons, fauns supported by tubular flowers, enclosed masks, and olive leaves
Scale
to a scale
Signed and dated
- date range: 1765-66
Medium and dimensions
Pen and coloured washes including black, terre verte and yellow ochre within a single ruled border on laid paper (321 x 350)
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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