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[50] Finished drawing for a ceiling, c1765-66, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 15/67
Purpose
[50] Finished drawing for a ceiling, c1765-66, unexecuted
Aspect
(50) Hexagonal plan showing half of an octagonal ceiling, with rectangular figurative tablets, and figurative medallions, the central medallion being enclosed by a fan, a band of Vitruvian scroll, four further medallions, enclosed lion masks, ribbons and olive leaves, and a ground ornamented with winged half putti, arabesques, acanthus leaves, olive leaves, half dolphins, calyx, fauns supported by tubular flowers and holding swags, winged half sphinxes, and a border of rosettes enclosed by figure-of-eight wreaths
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 Indian red, yellow ochre and cerulean blue within a single ruled border on laid paper (562 x 321)
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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