Study of a horse pulling a cart; Elevation of a mantel

People:

Luca Danese (designer)
Giovanni Danese (designer)
Luca Danese (draughtsman)
Giovanni Danese (draughtsman)

Title:

Study of a horse pulling a cart; Elevation of a mantel

Date:

ca. 1630-1640

Form:
drawings

Quantity / Object type:
1 drawing(s)

Stage and Purpose:

design development drawing
record drawing

Technique and media:

Pen and brown ink with wash over red chalk underdrawing; pen and brown ink with wash and purplish red watercolour over black chalk underdrawing

Dimensions:

secondary support: 26.6 x 19.4 cm sheet: 24.9 x 18.7 cm

Reference number:

DR1981:0017:063 R

Drawing Type:

finished drawings

Method of Projection:

pictorial drawing
elevation (drawing)

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- This drawing is laid down on a secondary support which was formerly bound into an album as indicated by the guard, the number indicating pagination, and the discolouration at the l.r. corner where the page was turned. Dots and lines appear around the contour of the horse in the upper drawing. These indentations, used for transferring the image, were made after the drawing was laid down on the secondary support, since they appear on the drawing laid down on the verso of the secondary support.

Inscription:

inscribed - by the draughtsman, in pen and brown ink, u.l.: "Carrettoni che s'usano in Roma, / che portano grandiss.m peso, et fu / inventione del Buonaroti" signed ? - by the draughtsman ?, in pen and brown ink, l.r.: "Giovanni Danese" numbered - on the secondary support, by a contemporary hand, in pen and brown ink, l.l.: "40"

Subject:

interior design
engineering

Subject Descriptive Terms:

mantel

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

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