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Architectural Drawing

18th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Drawing of a plan of the Palazzo Labia, on paper, in pen and ink and watercolour. The plan depicts each of the rooms and staircases and is enclosed within a landscape border. It is marked on the reverse in pen and ink 'Pianta Mobile del Palazo Labia, a S: Severnia.' The drawing is loose within the album.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Pen and ink and watercolour on paper
Brief description
Drawing of a plan of the Palazzo Labia, Venice, 18th century, in an album of drawings commissioned by the Earl of Bute
Physical description
Drawing of a plan of the Palazzo Labia, on paper, in pen and ink and watercolour. The plan depicts each of the rooms and staircases and is enclosed within a landscape border. It is marked on the reverse in pen and ink 'Pianta Mobile del Palazo Labia, a S: Severnia.' The drawing is loose within the album.
Dimensions
  • Length: 677mm
  • Width: 512mm
Credit line
Accepted by H M Government in lieu of Inheritance Tax and allocated to the Victoria & Albert Museum, 2000
Bibliographic reference
Martignago, Katia. 'Disegni di architettura dal Grand Tour. La collezione di John Stuart, III conte di Bute', PhD thesis, Università IUAV di Venezia, 2021
Collection
Accession number
E.8:5-2001

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Record createdJune 21, 2001
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