Sketch for a decorated ceiling showing putti with symbols of Rome

People:

Pietro Bracci (draughtsman)
Pietro Bracci (sculptor)

Title:

Sketch for a decorated ceiling showing putti with symbols of Rome

Date:

between 1715 and 1773

Description:

- This sketch for a cove ceiling includes putti holding symbols of Rome: a city crown and laurel wreath, fasces, and a banner with "SPQR" (Latin for senatus populusque Romanus -- the senate and people of Rome).

Form:
drawings

Quantity / Object type:
1 drawing(s)

Stage and Purpose:

preliminary drawing
record drawing

Technique and media:

Pen and brown ink, brown wash, and white gouache over black chalk

Dimensions:

sheet: 26.7 x 16.0 cm

Reference number:

DR1966:0001:020

Drawing Type:

sketch

Method of Projection:

pictorial drawing

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- The drawing is enclosed by a pen and brown ink double border.

Inscription:

inscribed - by the draughtsman, in pen and brown ink, l.c.: "[S] P Q R" numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, u.l.: "20"; and verso, l.r.: "20"

Subject:

ornament

Subject Descriptive Terms:

relief
bas-relief
cove ceiling

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

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