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Plan and elevation of the dome and lantern of San Salvatore in Lauro, Rome

Maker

(artist)
1674-1755

Title

Plan and elevation of the dome and lantern of San Salvatore in Lauro, Rome

Date of Production

1727 - 1729

Medium

graphite, black chalk, pen and brown ink, grey wash, executed using a ruler and compass, on laid paper, laid down on an album page

Dimensions

Height: 26.4 cm
Width: 19.7 cm

Accession Number

D.1984.AB.41

Mode of Acquisition

Anthony Blunt, Art Fund bequest & grant aid, 1984

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

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Provenance

from an album compiled and partly drawn by the artist, Rome, probably mid-18th century (several sheets in the Blunt collection belonged to this album); probably Christie’s (London), 1939-41; Dr Alfred Scharf, London (1900-1965); purchased from him by Professor Anthony Blunt, London (1907-1983), 1941; Blunt Bequest via the Art Fund 1984

Literature

Kieven, Elisabeth, 'La collezione di disegni di architettura di Pier Luigi Ghezzi' in 'Collezionismo e ideologia : mecenati, artisti e teorici dal classico al neoclassico', Rome 1991
no. 4 on p. 171

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: Recto: lower centre, brown ink, artist's hand: "La Proporzione di questo e duple al disegno / Cuppolini della Chiesa de Marchegiani. //"; lower right, brown ink, artist's hand: "Largo il Lanternino il / sesto del diametro della / cuppola / alto il d.o La meta / de Lanternine [the former words erased] della cuppola da prima / pianti dal Carniccione / de superiore del Tamburro //". Support (album page), Recto: upper right, brown ink: "16"; lower right, graphite: "by Ghezzi / Lot No. 5 //" and below that but now erased "5 / Lot 5 //". Support (album page), Verso: upper right, graphite, underlined: "11"; lower right, graphite: "2".

Collector's mark: none.

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