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Drawing

ca. 1785 (designed)
Artist/Maker
Valadier, Luigi I (designer)
Place of origin
Italy (designed)

A full-scale design for a chalice in a neoclassical style with detail of plain paten.


Object details

Categories
Drawings
Designs
Drinking
Tableware & Cutlery
Metalwork
Object type
Drawing
Materials and techniques
Preliminary pencil, pen and brown ink and wash on paper
Paper
Pencil
Pen and Ink
Wash
Drawing
Brief description
Drawing possibly by Luigi Valadier, design for a chalice in the neoclassical style, pencil, pen and brown ink and wash, Italy, ca. 1785
Physical description
A full-scale design for a chalice in a neoclassical style with detail of plain paten.
Dimensions
  • Height: 30.5cm
  • Width: 22cm
Dimensions taken from Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints, Drawings and Paintings Accession Register for 1991
Style
Neoclassical
Marks and inscriptions
'B' (Lettered in brown ink)
Subject depicted
Chalice
Bibliographic references
  • Valadier : three generations of Roman goldsmiths. London: Artemis Group, 1991. 183pp, illus. p. 120, no. 63
  • Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints, Drawings and Paintings Accession Register for 1991
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.1778-1991

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Record createdMarch 2, 2009
Record URL
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