Architectural Drawing
1631 (made)
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Pen and ink architectural drawing for an altar
Object details
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Materials and techniques | pen and ink and wash |
Brief description | Giovanni Battista Mola. Design for an altar. Dated 1631 |
Physical description | Pen and ink architectural drawing for an altar |
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Gallery label | Giovanni Battista Mola
(about 15880-1665)
Designs for altars
Italian, about 1630-40
Pencil, pen and in and wash, with
lining in gold paint
Mola, an architect and painter, designed the
centre and left hand altars. The one on the
right is by an anonymous hand. The large
space at the centre of each design was
intended to hold a painting of a Biblical
subject. The arrangement of the three
drawings on one sheet, and the gold-
painted lines, is typical of drawings from
the Talman collection. This was the largest
architectural resource of its day and was
put together by the architect William
Talman (1650-1719) and his son John
(1677-1726).
E.315,6,7-1937 |
Credit line | From the collections of J. Talman and Francis St. John. |
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Accession number | E.315-1937 |
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Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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