Elevation of a chest; View of a piazza with a church and clock tower; verso: Bird's-eye view of three buildings on a canal near Comacchio; Elevation of a domed tower

People:

Luca Danese (draughtsman)
Luca Danese (architect)

Title:

Elevation of a chest; View of a piazza with a church and clock tower; verso: Bird's-eye view of three buildings on a canal near Comacchio; Elevation of a domed tower

Date:

circa 1630-1640; verso: circa 1641

Form:
drawings

Quantity / Object type:
1 drawing(s)

Stage and Purpose:

record drawing
theoretical drawing

Technique and media:

Pen and brown ink over black chalk underdrawing; verso: pen and black ink over black chalk, and pen and brown ink and wash over black chalk

Dimensions:

sheet (recto): 12,6 × 18,7 cm (4 15/16 × 7 3/8 in.) sheet (recto): 12,4 × 18,7 cm (4 7/8 × 7 3/8 in.) sheet (verso, smallest): 13,8 × 12,4 cm (5 7/16 × 4 7/8 in.) sheet (verso, largest): 24 × 5,4 cm (9 7/16 × 2 1/8 in.) secondary support: 27,6 × 20,1 cm

Reference number:

DR1981:0017:012 R/V

Drawing Type:

line drawing
finished drawings

Method of Projection:

perspective drawing
pictorial drawings
elevation (drawing)

Point of View:

bird's-eye views

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- These two drawings are laid down on a secondary support which was formerly bound into an album as indicated by the traces of guards, the number indicating pagination, and the discolouration at the lower right corner (recto) where the page was turned. - An offset image of DR1981:0017:029 V at the lower left indicates that it was formerly laid down on this secondary support (verso).

Inscription:

numbered - by a contemporary hand, in pen and brown ink, lower left: "33." inscribed - by the draughtsman, in pen and black ink, verso, upper left to centre: "Tore Rossa / Granari / [trimmed]...viene dal Porto / Casa del datio / canale che va a comacchio" inscribed - by a contemporary hand, in pen and brown ink, verso, lower right: "[gg]"

Location:

Italy

Subject:

architecture
interior design
topographic

Subject Descriptive Terms:

canal
piazza
granary
church
towers (single built works)
clock tower
chest

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

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