Rome: Villa Giulia, plan of the system of channels and staircases at the lower level of the nymphaeum

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DatesMade: Executed andra hälften av 1500-talet

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Dimensionsh x w: Mått 28,6 x 42,8 cm

Inventory numberNMH CC 1356 verso

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

Other titlesTitel (sv): Villa Giulia, Rom. Plan av nymfeets bottenvåning i nivå med 'fonte bassa' Titel (en): Rome: Villa Giulia, plan of the system of channels and staircases at the lower level of the nymphaeum Tidigare: Villa Giulia, Rome. Plan of the nymphaeum at the level of the 'fonte bassa'

DescriptionRes. Katalogtext: Bortolozzi, Italian Architectural Drawings from the Cronstedt Collection, Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, 2020 (cat.no. 93) Anon. late 16th-century French draughtsman, Hand B of the Cronstedt Collection Pen and brown ink over grey chalk. Drawn with straightedge, compass and freehand, 28.6/28.8 × 42.8 cm NM H CC 1356v PAPER: light, yellowish paper WATERMARK: Tree 28 INSCRIPTIONS: oriens (top); fiome (in the rectangular niches at the left and right ends of the larger channel); pou˘ti, pou˘ti, venere, pouti, pouti (from left to right, in the niches of the larger channel); pan, apolo, venere, pan (from left to right, in the niches of the minor circular channel). Various measurements MEASUREMENTS: Roman palmi; no scale PROVENANCE: Carl Johan Cronstedt and descendants; Eric Langenskiöld; gift to the Nationalmuseum of Stockholm 1941 BIBLIOGRAPHY: Keller, Frommel, Schelbert 2002, 175, Cat. no. 57b EXHIBITED: Keller, Frommel, Schelbert 2002, 175, Cat. no. 57b The drawing is an almost exact replica of one in the Villa Giulia set in London (RIBA, Burlington Devonshire collection, VIII/3r), except for the omission of the name of one of the statues that occupies the niches along the large circular channel, mercur. Also, the Stockholm draughtsman represents three of the steps of the staircase as an isolated detail due to a different positioning of the plan on the sheet. The drawing on the recto (Cat. no. 92) is intended to complete the overall plan of the nymphaeum at the same level. LITERATURE: see Cat. no. 85 [end]

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