Drawings from the Witt Collection

Information on this exhibition provided to R.Hapoienu by e-mail by Sarah Maspero, Archivist at University of Southampton, on 04/12/2024.
Architectural capriccio

Giuseppe Galli Bibiena

 Architectural capriccio 1700 - 1799
Stage design

Giuseppe Galli Bibiena

 Stage design
Fountain court of Villa Mondragone, Frascati

Giovanni Battista Falda

 Fountain court of Villa Mondragone, Frascati
Architectural capriccio (recto)

Alessandro Galli Bibiena

 Architectural capriccio (recto)
Exterior of a palace with garden and trees (recto)

Alessandro Galli Bibiena

 Exterior of a palace with garden and trees (recto)
Design for wall decoration - Clelia flies from Porsenna's camp to save her country

James Thornhill

 Design for wall decoration - Clelia flies from Porsenna's camp to save her country
View of the Temple of Minerva Medica, Rome
Attributed to

Jan Brueghel, the elder

 View of the Temple of Minerva Medica, Rome (20 October) 1587
Block plan of Greenwich Hospital, with explanatory key

Nicholas Hawksmoor

 Block plan of Greenwich Hospital, with explanatory key 1700 - 1702
Design for the decoration of the dome of Saint Paul's, London (recto)

James Thornhill

 Design for the decoration of the dome of Saint Paul's, London (recto) (circa) 1715 - 1721
Design for staircase decoration - Apollo and Marsyas

James Thornhill

 Design for staircase decoration - Apollo and Marsyas
Design for sculpted altar in a church

Germany 18th century

 Design for sculpted altar in a church 1700 - 1799
Trompe l'oeil vaulted ceiling of Church of Saints Flora and Lucilla in Arezzo
Attributed to

Andrea Pozzo

 Trompe l'oeil vaulted ceiling of Church of Saints Flora and Lucilla in Arezzo
Architectural capriccio - bridges

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

 Architectural capriccio - bridges (circa) 1745
Temple of Minerva

Carlo Labruzzi

 Temple of Minerva
Design for ceiling decoration

Vincenzo dal Re

 Design for ceiling decoration 1700 - 1799
Design for Greenwich - West elevation of chapel, scheme of 1711

Nicholas Hawksmoor

 Design for Greenwich - West elevation of chapel, scheme of 1711 1711
Design for a tabernacle, with the Chair of Saint Peter

Filippo Juvarra

 Design for a tabernacle, with the Chair of Saint Peter
Two designs for a tabernacle, with the Chair of Saint Peter and corresponding plans

Filippo Juvarra

 Two designs for a tabernacle, with the Chair of Saint Peter and corresponding plans
Ponte Nomentano, on the Anio, Rome
Attributed to

Bartholomeus Breenbergh

 Ponte Nomentano, on the Anio, Rome 1600 - 1699
Design for wall or stairway decoration - Pan and Syrinx

James Thornhill

 Design for wall or stairway decoration - Pan and Syrinx
South ambulatory of Sint Bavokerk, Haarlem

Pieter Jansz. Saenredam

 South ambulatory of Sint Bavokerk, Haarlem 1634
Design for the hall chimney piece of Houghton Hall, Norfolk, with marble bust of Sir Robert Walpole by Rysbrack

William Kent

 Design for the hall chimney piece of Houghton Hall, Norfolk, with marble bust of Sir Robert Walpole by Rysbrack 1726
Design for a gateway at Blenheim Palace (recto)

Nicholas Hawksmoor

 Design for a gateway at Blenheim Palace (recto) 1720
Preparatory design for the south elevation of a domed church, intended for a site in Greenwich Park, on the axis of the Queen's House and the new Royal Hospital

Nicholas Hawksmoor

 Preparatory design for the south elevation of a domed church, intended for a site in Greenwich Park, on the axis of the Queen's House and the new Royal Hospital 1690 - 1699
Design for illusionistic ceiling decoration

Nicholas Thomas Dall

 Design for illusionistic ceiling decoration (or 1761?) 1764
View of the Arch of Titus, Rome (recto)
Attributed to

Master of the Blue Landscapes

 View of the Arch of Titus, Rome (recto) 1600 - 1699
View of a Roman triumphal arch and other buildings

Louis Gabriel Moreau

 View of a Roman triumphal arch and other buildings 1700 - 1799
View of Villa Aldobrandini, Frascati

Israël Silvestre

 View of Villa Aldobrandini, Frascati 1600 - 1699
Two cupids (recto)

Giovanni Camillo Sagrestani

 Two cupids (recto)
Roman capriccio

Hubert Robert

 Roman capriccio 1700 - 1799
Designs for the pediment above a door

Mauro Antonio Tesi

 Designs for the pediment above a door 1745 - 1766
Architectural capriccio

France 18th century

 Architectural capriccio 1700 - 1799
Design for ceiling decoration

James Thornhill

 Design for ceiling decoration
A quintain

Antoine Caron

 A quintain (circa) 1575 - 1580
An equestrian game with riders jousting among fireworks

Antoine Caron

 An equestrian game with riders jousting among fireworks (circa) 1575 - 1580
Interior of Saint Paul's, London

Georges Francois Blondel

 Interior of Saint Paul's, London 1764