Portion of a drawing showing the right half of an arched entrance to a staircase

People:

Luca Danese (draughtsman)

Title:

Portion of a drawing showing the right half of an arched entrance to a staircase

Date:

1635

Description:

- This drawing is inscribed with the date "163[5]". A sketch elevation of a doorway, apparently a record drawing, inscribed "Roma" appear on the verso of this sheet. This evidence, along with DR1981:0017:040 R, a sketch elevation of a portal inscribed "Roma 1635", suggest a similar location and date for the present subject.

Form:
drawings

Quantity / Object type:
1 drawing(s)

Stage and Purpose:

record drawing

Technique and media:

Pen and brown ink with wash over traces of black chalk underdrawing

Dimensions:

sheet: 17.6 x 6.2 cm

Reference number:

DR1981:0017:079 R

Drawing Type:

finished drawing

Method of Projection:

pictorial drawing

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- This drawing was formerly laid down on the secondary support of DR1981:0017:051 V, where there is an offset image of DR1981:0017:079 V. The sheet has been trimmed at the l., r. and t.

Inscription:

inscribed and dated - by the draughtsman, in pen and brown ink, l.l. to l.r.: "...che molto mi piaciono, ciou[e]... / ...d[i]lli A.B. che [ven]dono com... / 163[5]" [sheet trimmed on both sides]; and with letter identifying part of drawing: "B"

Subject:

architecture

Subject Descriptive Terms:

stairs
portal

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

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