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Manuscript page with a Project for a Fountain (recto) and Project and Plan for a Monumental Staircase (verso)
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Manuscript page with a Project for a Fountain (recto) and Project and Plan for a Monumental Staircase (verso)

Luigi Vanvitelli

ca. 1740–60

Medium

Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash, over black chalk or graphite (recto); pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash, graphite, red chalk (verso)

Tags

Fountains

Dimensions

6-7/16 x 9-3/4 in. (16.4 x 24.7 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Purchase, Harris Brisbane Dick Fund and Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1971

Classification

Drawings|Ornament & Architecture

Department

Drawings and Prints

Rights

Public Domain

About Luigi Vanvitelli

1700–1773

Born 12 May 1700; died 1 March 1773. Famous for his design for the Royal Palace at Caserta, built 1751. Vanvitelli was active in Rome, Naples and nearby towns, also Brescia, Milan and Genoa. Comment on works: Portraits

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