Architect Drawings : A Selection of Sketches by World Famous Architects Through History

Figure 2.1 / Mansart, François
Alterations to the Hôtel de la Bazinière on the Quai Malaquais. Bibliothèque Nationale de
France, Bib. Nat. Est., Hd 207a, p.6. 37 27.3 cm; brown ink, black and red chalk;
1653–1658. ©Bibliothèque Nationale de France.
Figure 2.2 / Borromini, Francesco
Rome, Collegio di Propaganda Fide, studies for front windows. Albertina, Az Rom 913.
18.3 26.1 cm; graphite on paper; 1662. ©Albertina, Wein.
Figure 2.3 / Webb, John
Pavilion addition sketch. RIBA, JOI, WEJ [166]. 20 32.5 cm; pen and brown ink.
©RIBA Library Drawings Collection, London, England.
Figure 2.4 / Bernini, Gianlorenzo
Sketch for the Fountain of Four Rivers. Museum der bildenden Künste, Leipzig 7907r. 32.9
35 cm; pen and ink, black chalk; 1646–1647. ©Museum der bildenden Künste Leipzig.
Figure 2.5 / Hardouin-Mansart, Jules
Chateau de Clagney, niche sketch. Bibliothèque Nationale de France, B.N. Est. Va 360 8.
Approx. 12.9 15.3 cm; Dessin a la sanguine. ©Bibliothèque Nationale de France.
Figure 2.6 / Fontana, Carlo
Design for façade of Santi Faustino e Giovita. Metropolitan Museum of Art, 61.658.39
Neg. 271466, 271467. 57.4 37.2 cm; sepia, gray wash and graphite; 1652–1714. ©All
rights reserved, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The
Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1961, NYC.
Figure 2.7 / Fischer von Erlach, Johann Bernhard
Le Grunst Palace Royal sketches. Albertina, Inv. 26392 fol. 26, Codex Montenuovo. 8 12 in.;
pencil and ink on paper. ©Albertina, Wein.
Figure 2.8 / Wren, Christopher
Studies of a dome with four-lobed drum. Guildhall Library, Downes 92. 31.4 19.4 cm;
pen and ink. ©Courtesy of the Dean and Chapter, St. Paul’s Cathedral, London (Guildhall
Library Deposit).
Figure 2.9 / Juvarra, Filippo
Stage scenery design for Ottoboni for his theatre in the Cancellaria Palace. V&A Picture
Library, Museum #8426 (20); Neg. #66409. 20 27 cm; pen and ink and wash on paper;
1708–1712. ©V&A Picture Library, London, England.
Figure 3.1 / Piranesi, Giovanni Battista
Villa of Hadrian: Octagonal room in the Small Baths. Metropolitan Museum of Art,
1994.20, Neg. 258027. 39.4 55.3 cm; red chalk with charcoal. ©All rights reserved, The
Metropolitan Museum of Art, Anonymous Gift and George and Lisa McFadden Gift, 1994.
Figure 3.2 / Adam, Robert
House plan and elevation. Sir John Soane’s Museum, Adam Vol. 9/33 verso. 31.1 40.5 cm;
pencil and brown ink; 1755–1756. ©By courtesy of the Trustees of Sir John Soane’s
Museum, London, England.
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