Sections through the central block and left wing of the casino of the Villa Sacchetti near Ostia

People:

Pietro Bracci (draughtsman)
Pietro da Cortona (architect)

Title:

Sections through the central block and left wing of the casino of the Villa Sacchetti near Ostia

Date:

1719

Description:

- These two sections of the Villa del Pigneto Sacchetti are identified by Jörg Merz as sections of the central block and the left wing of the casino (Merz, p. 399, n. 36). A few of the rooms include sketchy suggestions of the decorative program.

Form:
drawings

Quantity / Object type:
1 drawing(s)

Stage and Purpose:

record drawing

Technique and media:

Pen and grey ink, pen and brown ink, and grey wash, over graphite ?

Dimensions:

sheet: 27.8 x 42.7 cm

Reference number:

DR1966:0001:064

Drawing Type:

finished drawing

Method of Projection:

sections (orthographic drawings)

Point of View:

interior view

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- Two drawings have been glued to a secondary support, giving the appearance of a single drawing, which is accentuated by a border drawn in pen and brown ink along the outside edge. Small additions of laid paper, cut to fit the size of the room, have been glued to the two sections at the u.c. and l.l.

Inscription:

numbered, signed, and dated - by the draughtsman, in pen and brown ink, l.l.: "5 P.Bracci Deline 1719" inscribed - by the draughtsman ? in pen and brown ink, u.l. and u.r.: with titles numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, u.l.: "64"; and verso, l.r.: "64" numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, verso, l.l.: "64" [written sideways]

Subject:

architecture
interior design

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

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