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Reference number
SM 45/3/43
Purpose
[2] Measured drawing
Aspect
Part-plan of ground floor, not finished
Scale
bar scale of 1/17 in to 1 ft
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil within single ruled border on laid paper (526 x 725)
Hand
Soane
Watermark
J Honig & Zoonen and fleur-de-lis within crowned cartouche with bell, and JH&Z below
Notes
The Villa was built by Carlo Marchionni (1702-86) for Cardinal Alessandro Albani (1692-1779), and was completed in 1764. An aspect of the design that particularly interested Soane was the saloon or gallery that with other rooms, well lined with alcoves, housed the Cardinal's collection of classical sculpture arranged by Johann Winckelmann in 1765.
A further sheet of drawings with a plan and three elevations of the saloon and a plan of the piano nobile of the Villa Albani, made by Soane, is in the Victoria & Albert Museum (Box A131, no.3436.189 recto and verso. See P.du Prey, Sir John Soane, 1985, in series of 'Catalogues of architectural drawings in the Victoria and Albert Museum', catalogue 5).
A further sheet of drawings with a plan and three elevations of the saloon and a plan of the piano nobile of the Villa Albani, made by Soane, is in the Victoria & Albert Museum (Box A131, no.3436.189 recto and verso. See P.du Prey, Sir John Soane, 1985, in series of 'Catalogues of architectural drawings in the Victoria and Albert Museum', catalogue 5).
Literature
P.du Prey, John Soane's architectural education 1753-1780, 1977, pp.272-4
D.Watkin, 'Sir John Soane's Grand Tour: its impact on his architecture and his collections', C.Hornsby, ed., The Impact of Italy: the Grand Tour and beyond, British School at Rome, 2000, pp.109-110
D.Watkin, 'Sir John Soane's Grand Tour: its impact on his architecture and his collections', C.Hornsby, ed., The Impact of Italy: the Grand Tour and beyond, British School at Rome, 2000, pp.109-110
Level
Drawing
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