Elevation for a triumphal arch
1740s
- This design is for a tripartite temporary festival construction or macchina with a central pavilion in the form of a triumphal arch.
Pen and brush and brown ink and white gouache, over black chalk
sheet: 33.9 x 51.9 cm
DR1966:0001:006
- The sheet has been trimmed unevenly and the l.l. corner has been repaired. The drawing is framed by a pen and brown ink double border just inside the edge of the sheet.
signed and inscribed - by the draughtsman, in pen and brown ink, l.l.: "[Petru]s Bracci Inven. et Delin."; and b.: "PROSPETTO DI MACHINA [sic] TRIONFALE" numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, u.l.: "6"; and verso, l.r.: "6" numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, u.l.: "6"
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