Sketchbook Page, Folio 64: Study after Bolognese Architecture and Monuments, Including Arch of San Domenico; Verso: Geometric Studies
date: label: Date
content: 1811
name: label: Designer
content: Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Recto: formerly cut apart, composition is now rejoined. At upper left, Ark in church of San Domenico, inscribed on plinth: S. DOMENICO BOLOGNA; and below drawing: monumento del quattro cento Bologna. Lower left, buildings along river Reno, Bologna, inscribed below: fabriche sul Reno Bologna. In lower corner: 64. At lower center, Loggia della Marcanzia, Bologna, inscribed below: la Mercanzia Gotico belisimo Bologna. At upper right, inscribed below kneeling angel with candelabrum, from Ark: Bologna monumento del quattro cento. In upper right corner "126". At center right, sketch of standing male in Renaissance dress with sword in scabbard, inscribed below: Bologna monumento del quat° cen. At lower right, sketches of Gothic architectural details and ornaments. On verso: page of geometric diagrams with explanations, in pen and dark brown ink. Freehand diagrams show how to use compass to construct certain form; Pythagorean table at lower left.
place: label: made in
content: Italy
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Museum purchase through gift of various donors
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1901-39-1375
objectType: label: Type
content: figures
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pen and brown ink, brush and bistre wash over traces of black chalk on laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: 37.4 x 25.3 cm (14 3/4 x 9 15/16 in.)