Quadratura drawing for door-frame and surround

People:

Unknown, Italy, late 17th century (draughtsman)
Flaminio Minozzi (role unspecified)

Title:

Quadratura drawing for door-frame and surround

Date:

ca. 1675-1725

Description:

- This drawing, by an unknown Italian artist, active probably in the area of Bologna in the last half of the 17th century, illustrates some of the conventions of quadratura design - the art of illusionistic wall and ceiling painting - that evolved during that century. Part of a wall and adjacent ceiling are shown as one continuous unfurling of space on a flat sheet of paper. The curve between the vertical and diagonal lines at the left-hand edge of the design indicate a modest coving. Around and above a doorway several ionic columns support an arch and archivolt which is decorated with acanthus leaves, putti, ram's head, and urn below, and satyrs, putti, garlands and urns above. A cornice, cartouche, balustrade, and scrolled pediment complete the decorations.

Form:
drawings

Quantity / Object type:
1 drawing(s)

Stage and Purpose:

design drawing

Technique and media:

Pen and brown ink and brown wash or bistre over graphite underdrawing, with graphite pentimenti

Dimensions:

sheet: 54.2 x 40.3 cm

Reference number:

DR1960:0021

Drawing Type:

finished drawing
pentimenti

Method of Projection:

elevation (drawing)

Point of View:

interior view

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- Sheet consists of two sheets joined together.

Inscription:

inscribed - by an unknown nineteenth-century hand ?, in pen and black ink, on verso and visible through secondary suppport: "N. 30 Architecture"

Subject:

interior design

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

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