Schematic drawing of the fortifications at Altenberg, Hungary; verso: Map of the mouth of the Po River

People:

Luca Danese (draughtsman)

Title:

Schematic drawing of the fortifications at Altenberg, Hungary; verso: Map of the mouth of the Po River

Date:

circa 1630-1640; verso: 1644

Form:
drawings

Quantity / Object type:
1 drawing(s)

Stage and Purpose:

record drawing
topographical view

Technique and media:

Pen and brown ink over black chalk underdrawing

Dimensions:

secondary support: 28.2 x 20.0 cm sheet: 24.6 x 18.1 cm

Reference number:

DR1981:0017:073 R/V

Drawing Type:

line drawing

Method of Projection:

pictorial drawing
plans (drawings)

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- This drawing is laid down on a secondary support which was formerly bound into an album as indicated by the guard and the letter indicating pagination. - Verso: This drawing is laid down on a secondary support which was formerly bound into an album as indicated by the guard, the letter and number indicating pagination, and the discolouration at the lower right corner where the page was turned.

Inscription:

inscribed - by the draughtsman, in pen and brown ink, centre: "ALTENBVRG IN VNGARIA"; and centre right: "Palude" inscribed - on the secondary support, by a contemporary hand, in pen and brown ink, "x." dated and inscribed - by the draughtsman, in pen and brown ink, verso, upper left: "1644 / Vera pianta del sito per dove entra il po di / primaro nel mare adriatico nella cui bocca / Allino di Gienarovi entrano cinque barche / armate, et alli 23. del medemo se ne partirono"; and throughout: with inscriptions identifying buildings, roads, and areas of land and water numbered and inscribed - on the secondary support, by a contemporary hand, in pen and brown ink, verso, lower left: "22"; verso, upper left: "N"

Subject:

architecture

Subject Descriptive Terms:

river
fortifications
church
towers (single built works)

Credit line:
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal

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