Elevation and plan, possibly for the tomb of Benedict XIV, Rome
between 1759 and 1763
- This record drawing of the tomb for Pope Benedict XIV in St. Peter's includes both a plan and an elevation. The elevation includes the framing aedicule.
Pen and brown and black ink over traces of black chalk, with brown and red wash and white gouache on paper
sheet: 47.7 x 36.0 cm
DR1966:0001:017
- The drawing is framed by a pen and brown ink border just inside the edge of the sheet.
signed and inscribed - by the draughtsman, in pen and brown ink, touched up with brown ink, c.l.: "Petrus Bracci Rom. Inu et Delin."; and l.c.: "Palmi Cinquanta" numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, u.l.: "17"; and verso, l.r.: "17"
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