Ground plan of chancel and transepts of San Salvatore in Lauro, Rome
Maker
(Artists)
1674-1755
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
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
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.
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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