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Album of plans, sections, and an elevation for the restoration of the Palazzo of Marchese Bagnasco
People:
  • Gaetano Bertolotti (architect)
  • Marchese di Bagnasco (client)
  • Gaetano Bertolotti (draughtsman)
Title:

Album of plans, sections, and an elevation for the restoration of the Palazzo of Marchese Bagnasco

Date:

before 2 January 1826

Description:

- This album of thirteen folios includes a frontispiece, a table listing the dimensions of the rooms by drawing, and ten folios of plans, sections, and an elevation for the restoration of the south side of the Palazzo Marchese Bangnasco. The album may have been prepared by the architect for presentation to the client, since the table on folio two lists all of the drawings in order and appears to be written in the same hand as the rest of the inscriptions.

Form:
drawings
Quantity / Object type:
1 album(s)
Stage and Purpose:
  • presentation drawings (gifts)
Technique and media:

Pen and brown, pink, and orange ink with watercolour and grey wash over graphite

Dimensions:

album: 32.7 x 69.9 x .5 cm sheets: 32.7 x 69.8 cm

Reference number:

DR1988:0432:001-010

Drawing Type:
  • finished drawings
Method of Projection:
  • plans (drawings)
  • sections (orthographic drawings)
  • elevations (drawings)
Point of View:
  • interior views
Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- This set of thirteen sheets is bound by three cord stitches along the left edge. A strip of paper was replaced along the t. edge of folio 10 and another along the b. edge of folio 11. The strips may be original or later changes.

Inscription:

inscribed and dated - on folio 1, by the draughtsman ? in pen and brown ink, c.: "Cabreo / Della manica a Mezzogiorno del Palazzo dell' Ill[ustrissi]mo / Sig[no]r[e] Marchese Bagnasco Ristauro eseguito nell'anno / 1826" inscribed - on folio 2, by the draughtsman ? in pen and brown ink, t.: "Prospetto della superficie delle camere per ogni rispettivo piano" inscribed - on folio 3, by the draughtsman ? in pen and brown ink, u.c.: "Pianta delli Sotteranei per Servire di norma alla construzione di una parte della Casa dell' Ill[ustrisi]mo Sig[no]r[e] Marchese di Bagnasco" inscribed - on folio 4, by the draughtsman ? in pen and brown ink, u.c.: "Piano terreno / Pianta relativa alla ristauro di una parte del palazzo [pro]prio dell'Ill[ustrissi]mo Sig[no]r[e] Marchese di Bagnasco" inscribed - on folio 5, by the draughtsman ? in pen and brown ink, u.c.: "Mezzanini / Pianta relativa al ristauro della casa propria dell'Ill[ustrissi]mo Sig[no]r[e] Marchese di Bagnasco" inscribed - on folio 6, by the draughtsman ? in pen and brown ink, u.c.: "Pianta del piano Nobile. / relativa al ristauro della Casa propria dell'Ill[ustrissi]mo Sig[no]r[e] Marchese di Bagnasco" inscribed - on folio 7, by the draughtsman ? in pen and brown ink, u.c.: "Pianta del Secondo Piano / Relativa al Ristauro della Casa propria dell'Ill[ustrissi]mo Sig[nore] Marchese Bagnasco" inscribed - on folio 8, by the draughtsman ? in pen and brown ink, u.c.: "Pianta del Terzo Piano" inscribed - on folio 9, by the draughtsman ? in pen and brown ink, u.c.: "Pianta delle sofitte [sic] ed ultimo Piano-Solamente dimostrativa" inscribed - on folio 10, by the draughtsman ? in pen and brown ink, t.: "Facciata per servire di norma al Ristauro ed alzamento di una parte del Palazzo dell'Ill[ustrisi]mo Sig[nore] Marchese di Bagnasco" inscribed - on folio 11, by the draughtsman ? in pen and brown ink, t.: "Spaccato e Facciata per Servire di norma al ristauro ed alzamento di una parte del Palazzo dell Sig[no]r[e] Marchese di Bagnasco" inscribed - on folio 12, by the draughtsman ? in pen and brown ink, t.: "Spaccato e Facciata per Servire di Norma al ristauro ed alzamento di una parte del Palazzo Proprio dell'Ill[ustrissi]mo S. Marchese Carpenetto di G[?]agnasco / Taglio Sulla linea CD delle Piante" signed and dated - by the architect, in pen and brown ink, on most of the sheets, l.r.: "Torino il 2 Gennajo 1826 / Arch Gaetano Bertolotti" numbered - by the draughtsman ? in pen and brown ink, on most of the sheets, u.r.: with "Tav" and a roman number, from I to X consecutively inscribed and numbered - by the draughtsman, in pen and brown ink, on many of the sheets, in various locations: with letters identifying section lines and numbers identifying rooms stamped - on many of the sheets, u.r.: with a circle containing "L.I.C.20", a shield surmounted by a crown in the centre, and a nude male, probably a river god, reclining at the b. [not in Lugt]

Subject:
  • architecture
  • interior design
Credit line:
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
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