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Ground plan of chancel and transepts of San Salvatore in Lauro, Rome

Maker

(Artists)
1674-1755

Title

Ground plan of chancel and transepts of San Salvatore in Lauro, Rome

Date of Production

1728

Medium

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

Dimensions

Height: 34.6 cm
Width: 23.1 cm

Accession Number

D.1984.AB.43

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


chancels
transepts


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: Watermarks: centre: "V" above a circle containing a fleur-de-lis (no match in Heawood). Support (album page): centre: circle with a border containing a fleur-de-lis.

Inscription: Recto: centre, brown ink, artist's hand: "Pianta dell'Altar Maggiore della Chiesa de Marchigiani, La qual Fabrica / sistafacendo in questo presente Anno 1728. //"; lower centre, scale with numbers "5", "10" and then up to "60" by tens Support (album page), Recto: upper right, brown ink: "18"; lower right, graphite: "Ghezzi".

Collector's mark: none.

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