Six sketches for buildings and monuments honouring Alberto I, including two designs for a monumental hallway and a design for a triumphal arch
second half of the 19th century
- The six drawings depict a monumental hallway (DR1982:0128 V:001, DR1982:0128 V:003), a gothic façade (DR1982:0128 V:002), the entrance to an arsenal (DR1982:0128 V:004), a plan for a colosseum (DR1982:0128 V:005), and a triumphal arch (DR1982:0128 V:006). The clipping of printed text below DR1982:0128 V:002 describes St. Anskar (801-865), who was instrumental in the initial Christianization of Sweden (Farmer 1987, 21).
Pen and greyish brown ink with wash, and some pen and black ink
sheet (smallest): 9,4 x 12,6 cm sheet (largest): 25,1 x 19 cm secondary support: 51,8 x 34,6 cm
DR1982:0128 V:001-006
- Six drawings and one clipping are mounted on a secondary support which was formerly a page from an album or portfolio.
inscribed - on DR1982:0128 V:005, by the draughtsman, in pen and dark brown ink, u.l.: "col[i]seo Barnekow"; and c.: "Sircus [sic] Albertinae Maximus / Parnasso Palatino" inscribed - on the secondary support, by the draughtsman, in pen and grey ink, c.l.: "Galleria Triumfale" [below DR1982:0128 V:001]; c.l.: "del Arsenalo" [below DR1982:0128 V:004]; b.: "Porta del Gl[oa]ro Herniko" [below DR1982:0128 V:006] imprinted - in black ink, u.r.: with text in German describing St. Anskar [below DR1982:0128 V:002]
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