Design for a quadratura ceiling with the Ascension of the Virgin

People:

Avanzino Nucci (draughtsman)

Title:

Design for a quadratura ceiling with the Ascension of the Virgin

Date:

ca. 1600-1625

Description:

An illusionistic view (through an oval frame, set into a rectangular frame with angels in each corner)

Form:
drawings

Quantity / Object type:
1 drawing(s)

Stage and Purpose:

presentation drawing

Technique and media:

Pen and brown ink and brown wash over graphite underdrawing

Dimensions:

sheet: 27.2 x 38.1 cm

Reference number:

DR1975:0011

Inscription:

inscribed - Avanzino Nucci (pen and brown ink, lower right, verso,old hand), 9 (encircled, graphite, upper left, verso, modern hand)

Subject:

architecture
interior design

Subject Descriptive Terms:

ceiling
quadratura

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

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