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