Two sections for a magazine at the Fortress of Ferrrara

People:

Giovanni Antonio Zani (draughtsman)
Giovanni Antonio Zani (architect)

Title:

Two sections for a magazine at the Fortress of Ferrrara

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 grey ink with pink and green watercolour over black chalk underdrawing

Dimensions:

sheet: 27.6 x 19.8 cm

Reference number:

DR1981:0017:067 R

Drawing Type:

finished drawing

Method of Projection:

sections (orthographic drawings)

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- This drawing is was formerly bound into an album as indicated by the number indicating pagination and the discolouration at the l.r. corner where the page was turned. A partial watermark at the c.l. appears to be the other half of the watermark on DR1981:0017:066.

Inscription:

inscribed and signed - by the draughtsman, in pen and brown ink, l.r.: "GA:C Zani" inscribed - by the draughtsman, in pen and brown ink, u.l. to u.r.: "Profilo de Magazini della Fortezza di Ferrara / prima che fossaro riformati, e ridotti / sicura dalle bombe, come si e dismostrato. / Le volte sono di due Teste."; c.: "Strade in Fortezza / Sotteran / ei"; and throughout: with inscriptions indicating measurements and parts inscribed - by a contemporary hand, in pen and brown ink, l.l.: "4[s]"

Subject:

architecture
military

Subject Descriptive Terms:

arches
magazine (military building)

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

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