Section for the reconstruction of the Pelagia family mausoleum

People:

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

Title:

Section for the reconstruction of the Pelagia family mausoleum

Date:

after 1740 ?

Description:

- This sectional elevation is for the rear half of the reconstruction of the antique Roman mausoleum of the Pelagia family. The most important feature is the Columbario, the central rotunda containing tombs of the family ancestors.

Form:
drawings

Quantity / Object type:
1 drawing(s)

Stage and Purpose:

theoretical drawing

Technique and media:

Pen and brown ink and grey, brown, and pink wash with grey gouache highlights over traces of graphite

Dimensions:

sheet: 34.3 x 47.1 cm

Reference number:

DR1966:0001:087

Drawing Type:

finished drawing

Method of Projection:

section
elevation (drawing)
sectional elevation

Point of View:

exterior view
interior view

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- There is an old fold down the c. 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.: with title; throughout: with letters keyed to index; and b.: with a list and description of the rooms of the palace, lettered G, N, Q, R, O, P, and Z numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, u.l.: "87"; and verso, l.r.: "87" numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, verso, l.l.: "115" [written sideways]

Subject:

architecture
interior design

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

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