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[49] Finished drawing for a ceiling, c1765-66, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 15/66
Purpose
[49] Finished drawing for a ceiling, c1765-66, unexecuted
Aspect
(49) Lunette-shaped plan showing half of a circular ceiling, with rectangular and lunette-shaped figurative tablets, and a ground ornamented with a patera encircled by calyx, a circular band of coin moulding, and a square band of fret, dolphins, arabesques, a circular wreath, figures supported by tubular flowers, anthemia, calyx, rosettes, and a border of winged sphinxes, arabesques, calyx, acanthus leaves, and olive leaves
Scale
to a scale
Signed and dated
- date range: 1765-66
Medium and dimensions
Pen and coloured washes including Indian red, yellow ochre, verdigris and cerulean blue within a single ruled border on laid paper (583 x 341)
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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