Rome: St Peter’s, section of the dome according to the design by Antonio da Sangallo the Younger, c. 1546

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DatesMade: Made ca 1546

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Dimensionsh x w: 56 x 42 cm två sammansatta blad

Inventory numberNMH CC 1398

AcqusitionDonated 1941 by Eric Langenskiöld. Formerly in the Cronstedt collection, Fullerö

Other titlesTitle (sv): Peterskyrkan, Rom. Sektion av Sangallos kupol Title (en): Rome: St Peter’s, section of the dome according to the design by Antonio da Sangallo the Younger, c. 1546 Previous: St. Peter's Church, Rome. Section through Sangallo's dome

DescriptionCatalogue raisonné: Bortolozzi, Italian Architectural Drawings from the Cronstedt Collection, Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, 2020 (cat. no. 62) Workshop of Antonio da Sangallo the Younger (ANTONIO LABACCO?) Pen and light brown ink, grey chalk, stylus impressions, drawn with straightedge and compass, 56/56.3 × 41.3/42 cm NM H CC 1398 PAPER: medium weight, yellowed, folded twice in the centre, edges trimmed all round, stripe piece (4 cm large) added at upper edge, tears and losses backed, stains WATERMARK: none visible INSCRIPTIONS: Profil tres recherché de l’Eglise chathedrale de St. Charles de Milan (on the verso, with brown ink, in a 17th-century hand); Christophe Lombard architecte du Dôme de Milan (on the verso with dark brown ink, in an 18th-century hand); measurements MEASUREMENTS: Roman palmi; no scale (scale c. 1: 175) PROVENANCE: Carl Johan Cronstedt and descendants; Eric Langenskiöld; gift to the Nationalmuseum of Stockholm 1941 BIBLIOGRAPHY: Thoenes 1994, 643–644, Cat. no. 367; Benedetti 2009, 67, fig. 5; 71, fig. 14; 81, fig. 3 EXHIBITED: Thoenes 1994, 643–644, Cat. no. 367 The drawing shows the section of Sangallo’s project for the dome of St Peter’s. The dimensions and the details generally agree with the final phase of the design, i.e., they conform to the wooden model and to the engravings by Antonio Salamanca. Christof Thoenes (Thoenes 1994, 643–644, Cat. no. 367) proposes that the drawing was made in Sangallo’s workshop, but not by Sangallo himself. A likely candidate is Antonio Labacco, who collaborated with Sangallo during the last phase of the model’s design (Benedetti 1994, 631–633). Thoenes also suggests that it was probably a preparatory drawing for a full engraving, though not for Salamanca’s (Fig. 1), which was on a different scale. LITERATURE: Thoenes 1994; Bruschi 1997; Thoenes 2000; Benedetti 1990–1992; Benedetti 1994; Bruschi 2000; Benedetti 2009; Bellini 2011, I, 273–291 OTHER DRAWINGS: Berlin, Kunstbibl., Codex Destailleur D, Hdz 4151, fol. 84r, workshop of Antonio da Sangallo the Younger, c. 1546; Florence, Uffizi, 267A, workshop of Antonio da Sangallo the Younger, c. 1546. Prints: Antonio Salamanca, Forma Templi D. Petri in Vaticano, longitudinal section, 1546 Fig. 1, Antonio Salamanca after Antonio Labacco, St Peter’s, Sangallo's design for the basilica, longitudinal section, 1547, engraving [end]

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