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Record drawing

Object/Work Catalog Level: item

Type:
           preparatory drawing
           record drawing
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Classification Terms:
           prints and drawings
           European art
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Titles or Names Text: Perspective Cutaway of the Pantheon, Viewed from the Northwest
    Preference: preferred
    Type: descriptive
Free text
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Creation Creator Description: Giovanni Antonio Dosio (Italian, 1533-after 1609) Free text
  Identity: Dosio, Giovanni Antonio
Role: draftsman
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  Creation Date: 1565/1568  
Earliest: 1565  Latest: 1568
Free text
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Measurements Dimensions Description: 17.7 x 24.1 cm (6 7/8 x 9 1/2 inches) Free text
  Value: 17.7 Unit: cm Type: height
Value: 24.1 Unit: cm Type: width
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Materials and Techniques Description: brown ink and brown wash over black chalk underdrawing on white laid paper, with squaring, for an engraving Free text
  Material Names:
        ink Role: medium
        wash Role: medium
        black chalk Role: medium
        laid paper Role: support
Technique Names:
        drawing
        squaring
        underdrawing
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Inscriptions/ Marks Transcription or Description: inscribed lower right: il panteon detto la ritonda Free text
Subject Matter Indexing Terms:
        architecture
        Pantheon (Rome)
        cutaway
        drawing
        section
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Descriptive Note Text: Viewed from the northwest, showing the portico, the rotuda, and the intermediate block. A portion of the wall is cut away to reveal the interior. The drawing is based on a print by Antonio Lafrery and is a preparatory drawing for an engraving published by G. B. Cavlaieri. Free text
Related Works Relationship Type: depicts
Related Object/Work Label/Identification:
Pantheon; unknown Roman, for the Emperor Hadrian (Roman emperor and patron, 76 CE-138 CE, ruled 117-138); 128 CE; Rome (Italy).

Relationship Type: preparatory for
Related Object/Work Label/Identification:
Urbis Romae aedificiorum illustrium; Giovanni Battista de' Cavalieri (Italian, ca. 1525-1601); published 1569
Relationship Number: plate 7

Relationship Type: based on
Related Object/Work Label/Identification: Speculum romanae magnificentiae; Lafréry, Antonio (French, 1512-1577); published 1545-1577
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Current Location Repository Name/Geographic Location: Gabinetto Disegni e Stampe, Gallerie degli Uffizi (Florence, Italy)
Repository Number: 2509A
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Revised 28 August 2006