Design for a barrier of sharpened stakes; Plan of a fortified wall and a tower

People:

Luca Danese (architect)
Luca Danese (draughtsman)

Title:

Design for a barrier of sharpened stakes; Plan of a fortified wall and a tower

Date:

ca. 1630-1640

Form:
drawings

Quantity / Object type:
1 drawing(s)

Stage and Purpose:

design development drawings
record drawings

Technique and media:

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

Dimensions:

sheet: 10,2 x 17,4 cm sheet: 12,7 x 17,8 cm secondary support: 27,8 x 20 cm

Reference number:

DR1981:0017:068

Drawing Type:

finished drawings

Method of Projection:

perspective drawing
plan (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 the letter and number indicating pagination, and the discolouration at the l.r. corner where the page was turned. There are traces of glue throughout the verso of the secondary support, where a drawing was formerly laid down.

Inscription:

inscribed and dated - by the draughtsman, probably touched up by a contemporary hand, in pen and brown ink, c.r.: "Disegno fatto d'ordine dell'Ecc.m[o]...[sheet trimmed] / [G]nate Bagni per fare una spinosa...[sheet trimmed] / al forte delle bochette 1639."; and l.c.: "Torre di Prima.ro" inscribed and numbered - on the secondary support, by a contemporary hand, in pen and brown ink, l.r.: "1[5]"; u.l.: "K"; and verso, l.r.: "[P]"

Subject:

architecture
engineering

Subject Descriptive Terms:

tower (single built work)
fortification

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

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