Five sketches for a building honouring Alberto I, and two prints

People:

Albert Barnekow (draughtsman)
Albert Barnekow (architect)

Title:

Five sketches for a building honouring Alberto I, and two prints

Date:

second half of the 19th century

Description:

- The five drawings show alternative designs for a long, low building, mostly classical in style with a central portico, often with other details such as a campanile, a fountain, and a large staircase in front of the entrance. The print DR1982:0125 R:002 depicts a crowd of people burning objects before a two-story building with giant pilasters surmounted by freestanding sculptures and a balustrade, while the print DR1982:0125 R:007 depicts a statue of Cupid by A. Thorwaldsen.

Form:
drawings
textual records
works of art

Quantity / Object type:
1 page(s)

Stage and Purpose:

theoretical drawings

Technique and media:

Mostly pen and brown ink, with one wood engraving and one steel engraving

Dimensions:

sheet (smallest): 3 x 2,6 cm sheet (largest): 14,9 x 17,9 cm secondary support: 49,9 x 33,1 cm

Reference number:

DR1982:0125 R:001-007

Drawing Type:

sketches

Method of Projection:

pictorial drawings

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- Five drawings and two prints are mounted on a secondary support which was formerly a page from an album or portfolio.

Inscription:

inscribed - on DR1982:0125 R:001, by the draughtsman, in pen and dark brown ink, b.: "23-65-88-" imprinted - on DR1982:0125 R:007, by an unknown hand, in the plate below the image, b.: "Cav.A.Thorwaldsen scolpi L.[o]Camia dis. P.Folo inc." inscribed and numbered - on the secondary support, by an unknown hand, in graphite, u.l.: "30.000 + / 10.000 / 2"

Subject:

architecture

Subject Descriptive Terms:

fountains
stairs
palaces
visionary architecture
monuments
porticos
Neoclassical
campaniles

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

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