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The rectangular staircase, Palazzo Barberini, Rome, perspective elevation
  • The rectangular staircase, Palazzo Barberini, Rome, perspective elevation

    TitleThe rectangular staircase, Palazzo Barberini, Rome, perspective elevation
  • Technique/ MaterialPen and brown ink, brush and black wash on white laid paper
  • DimensionsDimensions: (h x b) 3,9 x 21,9 cm
  • Datingc. 1673-1677
  • Artist/Maker Artist: Nicodemus Tessin d.y., Swedish, born 1654-05-23, dead 1728-04-10
    After: Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini, Italian, born 1598, dead 1680
  • CategoryDrawings, Design drawings
  • Inventory No.NMH THC 2186
  • AcquisitionCarl Gustaf Tessin. Transferred from Kongl. Museum to Nationalmuseum 1866
  • Description
    Artist/Maker
    Images and media

    - Inscriptions: 'N. Tessin del.' [lower left corner, in the hand of the drawing]; 'Il pensiero del Cav. Bernini fu i che, comune la grande difficultà nelle scale a' quattro branche, consista nelli cantoni, e che ove la salita fa, che d'un pilastro diventa tanto più lungo del altro, la ballustrata e gli piedestalli habbino da essere per tutto d'un' ugual altezza e poi che le membra di sopra s'affrontino' [on the verso, at upper edge]; 'Scala a quattro branchi al Palazzo Palestrina' [on the verso, at lower edge]