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Ground plan and section of San Salvatore in Lauro, Rome

Maker

(artist)
1674-1755

Title

Date of Production

1727 - 1729

Medium

graphite and pen and brown ink on laid paper, executed using a ruler and compass, and laid down on three overlapping sheets of laid paper

Dimensions

Height: 45.6 cm
Width: 34.6 cm

Accession Number

D.1984.AB.42

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

Keywords

Provenance

from an album compiled and partly drawn by the artist, Rome, probably mid-18th century (D.1984.AB.34-.47 all belonged to the same 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

Exhibition History

Architectural and decorative drawings, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 30/01/1941-28/02/1941

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

Architectural and decorative drawings, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1941
cat. no. 18

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermarks: centre: large circle with double border, unable to see what it contains due to overlapping backing sheets. Support (historic), Verso: lower centre: small circle with double border, containing a fleur-de-lis.

Inscription: Recto: left centre, brown ink, Ghezzi’s hand: “Spanato della Chiesa de Marchigiani” and lower centre “Pianta di tutto la Chiesa de Marchigiani alti[?] laondisi[?] in Roma detta in S. Salvatore in Lauro”. Support (historic), Recto: left lower edge, graphite, partly trimmed away: “P L Ghezzi”; lower right corner, brown ink: “12”. Support (historic), Verso: upper left corner, brown ink: “11”; upper centre, graphite: “10 / Colonna”.

Collector's mark: none.

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