Plan for the lock at the confluence of the Montone River and the Molino Vecchio Canal

People:

Luca Danese (draughtsman)
Luca Danese (architect)

Title:

Plan for the lock at the confluence of the Montone River and the Molino Vecchio Canal

Date:

ca. 1630-1640

Form:
drawings

Quantity / Object type:
1 drawing(s)

Stage and Purpose:

design development drawing

Technique and media:

Pen and brown ink with wash and watercolour over black chalk underdrawing

Dimensions:

sheet: 18.5 x 26.9 cm

Reference number:

DR1981:0017:059

Drawing Type:

finished drawing

Method of Projection:

plan (drawing)

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- The guard which remains attached to the [location] of this drawing indicates that it was formerly laid down on a secondary support, as were many of the drawings of the group DR1981:0017:001 R/V - DR1981:0017:079 R/V. A repair has been made at the l.l. corner, where part of the inscription is missing.

Inscription:

inscribed - by the draughtsman, in pen and brown ink, u.c.: "Argine / FIVME MONTONE / Sboratore"; l.l.: "Pianta che mostra come si deve formare la chiavica, et / sboratore sopra il canale del Molino Vecchio, [per] servirsi / dell'acqua del fiume Montone, [per] fare maccinare il d:o / Molino, nella qual fabrica si spendera scudi n.o 650 / [trimmed]...[t]re si faccia di nuovo la compera di tutta la matteria" numbered - by a contemporary hand, in pen and brown ink, l.r.: "53"

Subject:

engineering

Subject Descriptive Terms:

canal
lock (canal)

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

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