design for frieze and ceiling decoration
Drawing
1501-47 (made)
1501-47 (made)
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Drawing
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Title | design for frieze and ceiling decoration (generic title) |
Materials and techniques | Pen and ink and wash heightened with white |
Brief description | Drawing, sketch design for a frieze and ceiling decorated in the antique style with paint and stucco, by Perino del Vaga (Piero Buonaccorsi, 1501-47). |
Physical description | Drawing |
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Bibliographic reference | Ward-Jackson, Peter, Italian Drawings Volume I. 14th-16th century, London, 1979, p. 172.
The text is as follows:
VAGA, PERINO DEL
Piero Buonaccorsi (1501-47)
364
Recto Sketch design for a ceiling decorated in the grotesque style
Inscribed in a narrow border within the design ‘la lista pavonacia e lavorj’ and again in another border ‘pavoncio li lavorj profilij’
Pen and ink
Verso Another ceiling design of the same type
Pen and ink
7 ½ x 8 7/8 (190 x 225) E.614-1922
PROVENANCE Lord Amherst of Hackney (sale, Sotheby, 14 December 1921, unidentified lot, bought by F. R. Meatyard and sold by him to the Museum)
Nos. 364 and 365 are other designs of the same type from the Amherst collection. They are modelled on antique prototypes such as could then be seen in Hadrien's villa and Nero's Golden House. |
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Accession number | E.614-1922 |
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Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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