Sectional elevation of the Palazzo Farnese at Caprarola

People:

Giuseppe Vasi (draughtsman)
Giuseppe Vasi (engraver (printmaker))
Cardinal Alessandro Farnese (client)
Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola (architect)

Title:

Sectional elevation of the Palazzo Farnese at Caprarola

Date:

1748

Description:

- This print shows a sectional elevation of the Palazzo Farnese at Caprarola. The section is taken through the stairs and terrace before the palazzo, through the Gran Sala, the circular courtyard, and through the fifth tower of the pentagonal plan.

Form:
works of art

Quantity / Object type:
1 print(s)

Stage and Purpose:

measured drawing
record drawing

Technique and media:

Etching and engraving

Dimensions:

plate mark: 48.6 x 72.0 cm sheet: 52.8 x 74.7 cm

Reference number:

DR1985:0669

Method of Projection:

orthographic drawing (object)
section
sectional elevation

Inscription:

imprinted - b.: "Spacatto geometrico del Regio Palazzo esistente in Caprarola, corrispondente alla pianta del secondo Appartamento Nobile"; u.l.: [a legend numbered 1 to 40]; c.r.: "Scala di palmi duecento quaranta Romani, corrispondenti a canne trenta Romane"; l.l.: "Giacomo Barozzio da Vignola inventò."; l.r.: "Giuseppe Vasi incise in Roma l'anno 1748."

Subject:

architecture

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

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