Pen and brown ink, brown wash, graphite on white laid paper
Dimensions:
37.2 x 25.2 cm (14 5/8 x 9 15/16 in.)
Mat: 35.6 x 45.7 cm (14 x 18 in.)
Type:
architecture
Drawing
Object Name:
Drawing
Place:
Faenza, Italy
Made in:
Italy
Date:
1814
Catalogue Status:
Research in Progress
Description:
Recto: A lunette with the Deposition on top. In the middle, a lunette with the Resurrection. At the bottom, a lunette with the Virgin and Child and Saints. Verso: the upper part of the sheet shows a view of the Piazza San Domenico, Bologna, with the tombs of Rolandino de Passageri and Egidio Foscherari. On the lower part of the sheet a tomb monument. A personification of Fate sits on a sarcophagus in a niche. In the spandrels are objects symbolic of painting and architecture.
