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Drawing

Drawing
eighteenth century (drawn)
Artist/Maker
Unknown (artist)
Place of origin
Italy (drawn)

Landscape format drawing, depicting an architectural capriccio. This includes a piazza with a loggia, a colonnade and two equestrian statues, all of which are reminiscent of Florence, particularly the Uffizi, the Loggia del Lanzi and the column on the Piazza dei S. Trinita.


Object details

Categories
Drawings
Architecture
Topography
Object type
Drawing
TitleDrawing (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Paper, pencil, pen, ink and wash over black chalk
Paper
Pencil
Pen
Pen and Ink
Drawing
Wash
Brief description
Drawing, by an imitator of Francesco Guardi, Italy, 18th Century.
Physical description
Landscape format drawing, depicting an architectural capriccio. This includes a piazza with a loggia, a colonnade and two equestrian statues, all of which are reminiscent of Florence, particularly the Uffizi, the Loggia del Lanzi and the column on the Piazza dei S. Trinita.
Dimensions
  • Height: 8.4375in
  • Width: 10.01875in
The dimensions are taken from: Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings Accessions 1934 London: Published under the Authority of the Board of Education, 1935
Credit line
Bequeathed by Edith, Lady Powell.
Subjects depicted
Architecture
Capriccio
Loggia
Equestrian Statue
Colonnade
Bibliographic references
  • Ward-Jackson, Peter, Italian Drawings Volume II. 17th-18th century, London, 1979, p. 151, illus. The following is the full text of the entry: Imitator of GUARDI, FRANCESCO (1712-93) 1035 Architectural capriccio: a piazza with two questrian statues and reminiscences of Florence, notably of the Uffizi, the Loggia dei Lanzi and column in the Piazza di S. Trinita Pen and ink and wash over black chalk 8 ½ x 10 3/8 (216 x 264) E.3793-1934 PROVENANCE Archdeacon C. Parr Burney; Mrs Rosetta d’Arblay Wood (his daughter); bequeathed by her daughter Edith Lady Powell 1934
  • Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings Accessions 1934 London: Published under the Authority of the Board of Education, 1935
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.3793-1934

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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