Elevation and plan of a tabernacle

People:

Giovanni Battista Montano (draughtsman)
Unknown, Italy, 17th century (draughtsman)

Title:

Elevation and plan of a tabernacle

Date:

1580-1621

Description:

A three-tiered tabernacle, with corinthiancolumns, caryatids, and a putto over the arched entrance,

Form:
drawings

Quantity / Object type:
1 drawing(s)

Stage and Purpose:

preliminary drawing

Technique and media:

Pen and brown ink with brown wash over graphite underdrawing on laid paper

Dimensions:

sheet: 31,6 × 14,8 cm (12 7/16 × 5 13/16 in.)

Reference number:

DR1975:0018

Method of Projection:

plan (drawing)
elevation (drawing)

Inscription:

inscribed and numbered - [beginning of word cut off at left] - rian (pen and brown ink, centreleft, artist's hand), La mita dela p[ianta]/ ...segniara (?) A (pen and brownink, lower centre, artist's hand), 1. (encircled, graphite, upper left, verso, modern hand), Cigoli (graphite, upper left, verso, modern hand), ItalienischerMeister des 17. Jahrh. [underts] (graphite, lower edge, verso, modern hand),1238 (graphite, lower edge, verso, modern hand), #27 (encircled, graphite, lower left, verso, modern hand).

Subject:

architecture

Subject Descriptive Terms:

tabernacle

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

Folder Number:

Size II - 016

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