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Design for a ceiling in the Palazzo Borghese
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Attributed to Mario Asprucci the Younger (1764 - 1804)
Design for a ceiling in the Palazzo Borghese
1796
Watercolour on paper
Inscription: A · DESIGN · FOR · A · CEILING · IN · THE · PALACE · BORGHESE · / MARIO · ASPRUCCI · ARCT · INV · DEL · ROMA · MDCCXCVI
Museum number: P341
On display: Bedroom (pre-booked tours only)
All spaces are in No. 13 Lincoln's Inn Fields unless identified as in No. 12, Soane's first house.
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Curatorial note
The AB copy of the earliest inventory of Soane's collections, 1837, records this item as: Drawing in watercolours by C.H. Tatham Archt. 1796 / Gilt frame & glass / Design for a Ceiling in the Villa Borghese. Mara [sic] Asprucci archt. / Inv. du Roma. However, it is in fact in the hand of the architect Mario Asprucci the younger, as the inscription indicates, and is one of his designs rather than a copy.
Charles Heathcote Tatham was in Rome from July 1794 to July 1796 and, according to the Dictionary of National Biography, it was while sketching at the Villa Borghese that he met Mario Asprucci the younger, architect to Prince Marcantonio Borghese. He and Asprucci exchanged drawings and tracings and became firm friends.
Charles Heathcote Tatham was in Rome from July 1794 to July 1796 and, according to the Dictionary of National Biography, it was while sketching at the Villa Borghese that he met Mario Asprucci the younger, architect to Prince Marcantonio Borghese. He and Asprucci exchanged drawings and tracings and became firm friends.
Provenance
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