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Italy: Rome, the Vatican. Record drawing of a rectangular panel of arabesques showing a panel containing two lions, two birds and the top of a winged female figure surrounded by foliage and rosettes in a symetrical composition.
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Reference number
Adam vol.26/36
Purpose
Italy: Rome, the Vatican. Record drawing of a rectangular panel of arabesques showing a panel containing two lions, two birds and the top of a winged female figure surrounded by foliage and rosettes in a symetrical composition.
Aspect
Elevation
Inscribed
Inscribed in ink in a contemporary hand Doors in the Vatican
Signed and dated
- Undated, probably 1760 - 63
Medium and dimensions
Pencil, pen, grey wash
356 x 252
Hand
Giuseppe Manocchi (attributed to)
Notes
The draughtsmanship here and in Adam vol.26/37 is of the robust and open style found in the logge panels and can be attributed to Giuseppe Manocchi (c.1731-82) or his circle. The small neat pen inscription is in English, possibly by James Adam, and the drawing itself is taken from the lower door panel from the Vatican logge (see Ottaviani plate 17). The decoration of the opposite door is shown in the companion sheet Adam vol.26/40.
The decoration of the Vatican logge appeared as engravings between 1772 - 1777 in three parts: Logge di Rafaele nel Vaticano (1772), Seconda Parte delle Logge di Rafaele nel Vaticano (1776) and Terza ed Ultima Parte delle Logge di Rafaele nel Vaticano (1777). Work on the project of recording was begun in 1760 and was more or less completed by 1768. The principal artists involved were the painter Gaetano Savorelli (d.1791) and the architect Pietro Camporesi (1726-81), and the engraver was Giovanni Ottaviani (1735-1808). The third volume was engraved by Giovanni Volpato (1733-1803), after drawings by Ludovico Tesio (1731-82).
The decoration of the Vatican logge appeared as engravings between 1772 - 1777 in three parts: Logge di Rafaele nel Vaticano (1772), Seconda Parte delle Logge di Rafaele nel Vaticano (1776) and Terza ed Ultima Parte delle Logge di Rafaele nel Vaticano (1777). Work on the project of recording was begun in 1760 and was more or less completed by 1768. The principal artists involved were the painter Gaetano Savorelli (d.1791) and the architect Pietro Camporesi (1726-81), and the engraver was Giovanni Ottaviani (1735-1808). The third volume was engraved by Giovanni Volpato (1733-1803), after drawings by Ludovico Tesio (1731-82).
Level
Drawing
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