Nine sketches for buildings and monuments honouring Alberto I, including a design for a gateway in a garden and two designs for a palace raised on ramparts

People:

Albert Barnekow (architect)
Albert Barnekow (draughtsman)

Title:

Nine sketches for buildings and monuments honouring Alberto I, including a design for a gateway in a garden and two designs for a palace raised on ramparts

Date:

second half of the 19th century

Description:

- The nine drawings depict a design for a gateway surmounted by the coat of arms of Alberto I (DR1982:0127 V:000), a design for the crown of Alberto I (DR1982:0127 V:000), two designs for a gothic-style palace raised on ramparts (DR1982:0127 V:000), designs for swags and for a courtier's costume (DR1982:0127 V:000), and an armed man on horseback (DR1982:0127 V:000).

Form:
textual records

Quantity / Object type:
1 page(s)

Stage and Purpose:

theoretical drawings

Technique and media:

Pen and brown ink, with some additions in watercolour

Reference number:

DR1982:0127 V:001-009

Drawing Type:

sketches

Method of Projection:

pictorial drawings

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- Nine drawings are mounted on a secondary support which was formerly a page from an album or portfolio.

Inscription:

inscribed - on DR1982:0127 V:004, by the draughtsman, in pen and dark brown ink, b.: "Patrizio Palatino di Stato" inscribed - on the secondary support, by the draughtsman, in pen and brownish grey ink, u.r.: "Aula Albertinae all Orto di Cicerone"; in grey ink, u.r.: "con quattro fontani" [below DR1982:0127 V:002]; and b.: "Giardino Laurea Albertinae - nelle - Orti di Cicerone, Orti cicerone / Giardino della Smeralda" [below DR1982:0127 V:007]

Subject:

architecture

Subject Descriptive Terms:

gateway
palace
fortification
public garden
visionary architecture
monument
ramparts
bastions
Neoclassical
Gothic Revival

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

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