• Pietro Bracci (sculptor)
• Pietro Bracci (draughtsman)
• Pope Benedict XIV (dedicatee)

Elevation for the tomb of Benedict XIV, Rome

1763

- This elevation is for the tomb of Benedict XIV. The monument is set in a semi-circular niche and follows the type of papal tomb established by Bernini, with a sculpture of the standing pope raised on a pedestal above a doorway and allegorical sculptures to either side. The two flaps show variant designs for the lower portion of the monument. On flap 1 the putti are placed beside the the virtue on the left. On flap 2 the drapery above the doorway is more pronounced and the virtue on the right is almost nude. The virtues are seated rather than standing.

• design development drawing

Pen and ink, brush and ink, wash, white gouache, black chalk and traces of graphite on laid paper

sheet: 42,1 x 28,2 cm flap (bottom flap; approx.): 20,7 x 15,8 cm flap (top flat; approx.): 17,5 x 18,9 cm

DR1966:0001:024:001-003

• line drawing
• finished drawing

• elevation (drawing)

• interior view

- The sheet includes two alternate designs glued down on two flaps at the l.c. -- flap 1 rests underneath flap 2. There are a few cursory sketches on the verso of the sheet.

inscribed - by the draughtsman, in pen and brown ink, c.: "BENEDICTVS / XIV / PON. MAX"; and l.r.: with notes [some covered by the flaps] numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, u.l.: "24-25-26" inscribed - by the draughtsman, in pen and brown ink, on flap 1, t.: "BENEDICTVS / XIV / PONT. MAXI."; and b.: [inscription covered by the top flap] inscribed - by the draughtsman ? in pen and black ink over traces of graphite, on flap 2, l.l.: "Il Centro del Pian= / tato[?] e di poni 20 1/12 [?]"

• architecture
• interior design