Design for a window frame
Drawing
late 16th century (made)
late 16th century (made)
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Design for a window frame or a niche. There is a line going vertically down the middle with the left side of the line more decorated than the right. At the base there are 2 figures with their back on the frame.
Object details
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Title | Design for a window frame (generic title) |
Materials and techniques | Blue wash over black chalk strengthened with pen and ink |
Brief description | Drawing, design for a window frame with a broken segmental pediment, Rome, late 16th century. |
Physical description | Design for a window frame or a niche. There is a line going vertically down the middle with the left side of the line more decorated than the right. At the base there are 2 figures with their back on the frame. |
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Bibliographic reference | Ward-Jackson, Peter, Italian Drawings Volume I. 14th-16th century, London, 1979, p. 221.
The text is as follows:
ROME: late 16th century
493
Design for a window frame with a broken segmental pediment
Inscribed 'trentuno' and numbered '31' Blue wash over black chalk strengthened with pen and ink
14 1/8 x 7 ½ (358 x 190) 9-I922
PROVENANCE Lord Amherst of Hackney (sale, Sotheby, 14 December 1921; bought by Meat yard and sold by him to the Museum)
The drawing is by the same hand and in the same technique as no. 492 |
Collection | |
Accession number | E.619-1922 |
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Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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