Palazzo dei Conservatori, portico, plan; portal, elevation; details, elevations (recto) Palazzo dei Conservatori, portico, elevation; details, profiles (verso)
early to mid-16th century
Medium
Dark brown ink, black chalk, and incised lines
Dimensions
sheet: 13 9/16 x 18 7/8 in. (34.5 x 48 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Janos Scholz and Anne Bigelow Scholz, in memory of Flying Officer Walter Bigelow Rosen, RCAF, 1949
Accession Number
49.92.64
Tags
Art Historical Context
This exquisite architectural drawing, created by an anonymous French artist the early to mid-th century, captures intricate details of Rome's Palazzo dei Conservatori the Capitoline Hill. The recto features a precise plan of the portico an elevation of the portal, various ornamental details, while the verso a full portico elevation profile studies. Rendered in dark brown ink, black chalk, incised lines on a large sheet (13 9/16 x 18 7/8 in.), it the meticulous drafting techniques of Renaissance draftsmen, where incised lines allowed for tracing or transfer onto other surfaces. During the 16th...