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Design for the tomb of a bishop of the Paci family, with subsidiary studies of the entablatures (recto); An elevation and two ground plans for a choir (verso)
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Circle of Pietro Buonaccorsi, called Perino del Vaga (1501-1547)
Design for the tomb of a bishop of the Paci family, with subsidiary studies of the entablatures (recto); An elevation and two ground plans for a choir (verso)
inscribed 'Deposito di Casa Paci' and with letters A to E relating to the architectural details (recto) and 'coro della osservanza della [os]servanza fuori' (partly cut, verso)
black chalk, pen and brown ink
178 x 98 mm.
Design for the tomb of a bishop of the Paci family, with subsidiary studies of the entablatures (recto); An elevation and two ground plans for a choir (verso)
inscribed 'Deposito di Casa Paci' and with letters A to E relating to the architectural details (recto) and 'coro della osservanza della [os]servanza fuori' (partly cut, verso)
black chalk, pen and brown ink
178 x 98 mm.
Sale room notice
Dr. Paul Davies has kindly suggested that the sketches on the verso may relate to an unrealized restoration of San Vitale in Ravenna, and dates the sheet to the 1550s.