Elevation and plan, possibly for the tomb of Pope Benedict XIV, Rome
between 1759 and 1763
- This design for the tomb of Benedict XIV is set in a niche enclosed by an aedicula. A sculpture of the Pope is seated on a throne over the sepulchral chamber.
Pen and brown ink, brown wash, and white gouache over black chalk
sheet: 39.0 x 23.2 cm
DR1966:0001:027
- A strip of paper was glued to the b. edge of the sheet. The drawing is framed on three sides by a pen and black ink border.
signed - by the draughtsman, in pen and brown ink, l.l.: "Piet. Bracci In.c Fc." numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, u.l.: "27"
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