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Section of dome and west end of San Salvatore in Lauro, Rome, with unfinished plan of dome

Maker

(artist)
1674-1755

Title

Section of dome and west end of San Salvatore in Lauro, Rome, with unfinished plan of dome

Date of Production

1727 - 1729

Medium

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

Dimensions

Height: 21 cm
Width: 28 cm

Accession Number

D.1984.AB.45

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



cross sections

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.

Collector's mark: none.

Inscription: Recto: lower left, brown ink, artist’s hand: "Alfondo che deve farsi nella Chiesa de / Marchegiani //"; lower right, brown ink, artist’s hand: "L. Altar Maggiore della Chiesa de Marchegiani"; lower right, graphite, scale, artist’s hand: numbered "5" "10" up to "60" in tens. Support (page from album), Recto: upper right, brown ink: "15"; lower right, graphite: "Ghezzi / (Kirche in Rom) //". Support (page from album), Verso: upper right edge, graphite, underlined: "12".

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