Design for a wall decoration with griffons and caryatids

People:

Unknown (role unspecified)

Title:

Design for a wall decoration with griffons and caryatids

Date:

mid to late 18th century

Form:
drawings

Quantity / Object type:
1 drawing(s)

Stage and Purpose:

preliminary drawing

Technique and media:

Pen and brown ink with gray wash over graphiteunderdrawing, verso: pen and iron gall ink

Dimensions:

Sheet: 16.5 x 19.3 cm

Reference number:

DR1970:0014

Inscription:

inscribed, scale, measurements - Italian 17th century / Design for awall decoration / in a Panelled Room; arabasques/ and Griffins (graphite,lower edge, verso, modern hand), no no no (pen and brown ink, upper centre,verso, unknown hand), measurement (pen and iron gall ink, verso, artist'shand) Scale: 15 = 16.5 cm. (pen and brown ink, lower edge, recto)

Subject:

architecture

Subject Descriptive Terms:

wall

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

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