Plan for the reconstruction of the Pelagia family mausoleum

People:

Pietro Bracci (architect)
Pietro Bracci (draughtsman)
M. Pius Rondinini (client)

Title:

Plan for the reconstruction of the Pelagia family mausoleum

Date:

after 1740 ?

Description:

- This plan is for the reconstruction of the antique Roman mausoleum of the Pelagia family.

Form:
drawings

Quantity / Object type:
1 drawing(s)

Stage and Purpose:

theoretical drawing

Technique and media:

Pen and brown and black ink and grey and brown wash over graphite ?

Dimensions:

sheet: 49.3 x 37.2 cm

Reference number:

DR1966:0001:086

Drawing Type:

line drawing
finished drawing

Method of Projection:

plan (drawing)

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- The drawing is framed by a pen and brown ink double border just inside the edge of the sheet.

Inscription:

signed - by the draughtsman, in pen and brown ink, l.l.: "Petrus Bracci Inuen. [sic] et Delin." inscribed - by the draughtsman ? in pen and brown ink, t.: "Pianta del Monumento, e Fabrica annesa della Famiglia Pelagia / ideata conforme accenna L'Iscrizione della Lapide antica ritrovata dall'Illmo / Sig.r M. Pius. Rondinini, e collocata nel suo Palazzo, quale si riporta sopra il / disegno del Prospetto di [illeg.] Fabrica"; in pen and black ink, u.c.: "Questa Famiglia plebea Pelagia fioriva nel fine della Republica Romana"; c.l.: "INDEX" with a list and description of the rooms in the palace, lettered A to N, excluding J and K, and including references to Vitruvius; and in various locations: with letters A to N excluding F, J, and K numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, u.l.: "86"; and verso, l.r.: "86" numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, verso, u.l.: "114"

Subject:

architecture

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

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