Detail of two Byzantine capitals showing King William II presenting a model of the Church of Monreale to the Virgin and Child, Cloister of Benedictine Monastery, Monreale Cathedral, Italy

People:

Sir Matthew Digby Wyatt (draughtsman)

Title:

Detail of two Byzantine capitals showing King William II presenting a model of the Church of Monreale to the Virgin and Child, Cloister of Benedictine Monastery, Monreale Cathedral, Italy

Date:

July 1845

Form:
drawings

Quantity / Object type:
1 drawing(s)

Stage and Purpose:

detail drawing
travel sketch

Technique and media:

Graphite and pen and black ink

Dimensions:

secondary support: 12.2 x 18.4 cm sheet: 10.2 x 16.5 cm

Reference number:

DR1995:0007

Drawing Type:

line drawing
freehand drawing
sketch

Method of Projection:

perspective drawing

Point of View:

partial view
exterior view

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- The sheet is locally mounted on a thin board. Traces of glue appear on top, right and left edges of the sheet.

Inscription:

signed, inscribed and dated - in pen and black ink, u.l.: "PALERMO - / Monreale, Cloister / of the Benedictine / Convent and "Matrice""; l.l. to l.c.: "Capital representing King Roger, / presenting the Church of Montreale/ to the Virgin. (M [?]. C.) -"; and l.r.: "July. 1845." inscribed - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the secondary support, l.r.: "x6"

Location:

Monreale; Sicily; Italy;

Subject:

architecture
sculpture

Subject Descriptive Terms:

figures (representations)
statues
model (representation)
church
cathedral
cloister
vaulting capitals
architrave cornice
Benedictine monastery
Byzantine capitals
cloister garth
column figures
coupled column

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

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