[3] Copy of measured drawings, ? 5-7 May 1780 after or by an unidentified draughtsman

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Sir John Soane office drawings: the drawings of Sir John Soane and the office of Sir John Soane
- Soane's architectural education: Royal Academy and Italy including measured drawings: 1770-1780
  - Soane in Italy: measured drawings made or copied, 1778-80
    - Italy: Verona: Porta San Zeno (3)

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Reference number

SM 45/2/8

Purpose

[3] Copy of measured drawings, ? 5-7 May 1780 after or by an unidentified draughtsman

Aspect

Two elevations

Scale

bar scales of Veronese feet

Inscribed

(pencil, George Bailey, Soane Museum curator, 1837-60) next the Country / Gate at Verona next the City

Medium and dimensions

Pen, sepia and light burnt umber washes, pencil, shaded, within a ruled border on laid paper (690 x 474)

Hand

unidentified draughtsman

Verso

Preliminary design for a casina (q.v.)

Watermark

fleur-de-lis within crowned cartouche above J Kool (? Dutch, not in Heawood I)

Notes

The elevations each have a tall semicircular arched entrance flanked by smaller, square-headed doorways; these openings and quoins are rusticated. The drawing is on a support and with a medium scale that differs from those of other copies by Soane from Trezza. It seems it was not copied by Soane but by an unidentified draughtsman; Professor du Prey (January/February 2009) suggests that it may have been made after Soane's return from Italy and by an office assistant. The Porta San Zeno has been attributed to Sanmicheli.

See general note regarding Sanmicheli and Luigi Trezza under Italy: Verona: Gran Guardia Vecchia.

Literature

P.du Prey, John Soane's architectural education 1753-80, 1977, p.310

Level

Drawing

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