Two sketches for an ampitheatre and a villa honouring Alberto I

People:

Albert Barnekow (draughtsman)
Albert Barnekow (architect)

Title:

Two sketches for an ampitheatre and a villa honouring Alberto I

Date:

second half of the 19th century

Description:

- The upper drawing depicts a stepped, semicircular structure, perhaps a monumental ampitheatre, and the lower drawing depicts an arcaded two-story building resembling a Renaissance villa.

Form:
textual records

Quantity / Object type:
1 page(s)

Stage and Purpose:

theoretical drawings

Technique and media:

Pen and grey ink with wash

Dimensions:

sheet (smallest): 13,3 x 22,1 cm sheet (largest): 13 x 23,8 cm secondary support: 51,7 x 34,6 cm

Reference number:

DR1982:0128 R:001-002

Drawing Type:

sketches

Method of Projection:

pictorial drawings

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

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

Inscription:

numbered - on the secondary support, by an unknown hand, in graphite, u.r.: "5" inscribed - on the secondary support, by an unknown hand, in graphite, u.l.: "25.000"

Subject:

architecture

Subject Descriptive Terms:

visionary architecture
villa
amphitheatre (built work)
Neoclassical

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

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