Drawing
17th Century
| Artist/Maker |
Front elevation, pencil inscription describes this as of S. Ambrogio, shows front section of building's entrance flanked by cloisters.
Object details
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| Brief description | Front elevation of a section of Sant'Ambrogio, Milan. |
| Physical description | Front elevation, pencil inscription describes this as of S. Ambrogio, shows front section of building's entrance flanked by cloisters. |
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| Gallery label | Italian draughtsman
Section and elevation of the cloister of
the monastery of S. Ambrogio, Milan.
Late seventeenth century
Pen and ink and wash
Although the orthagonal elevation (or head-on
side view) and section had been devised by the
thirteenth century, the use of these techniques
for showing buildings greatly increased from the
fifteenth century. This drawing, which combines
both ideas, is an old copy of an early sixteenth-
century drawing. The cloisters at S. Ambrogio,
built from 1492, were designed by Donato
Bramante, one of the great masters of the
classical revival in Renaissance architecture.
620 (Given by F.W. Moody in 1872) |
| Credit line | Given by F.W. Moody in 1872 |
| Object history | 1 of 68 architectural drawings part purchased from, part presented by Francis Wollaston Moody in 1872. |
| Bibliographic reference | Referenced in Cristina Loi, 'Disegni per Milano al Victoria & Albert Museum di Londra' in Il Disegno di Architettura: notizie su studi, richerche, archivi e collezioni pubbliche e private, Aprile 1996, Numero 13, pp. 31-38. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 620 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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