Grotesque vault, ca. 1560 – 1561 ?

Title

Grotesque vault

Draughtsman

• Giovanni Battista Naldini

Recto

Jacob's dream

Production Place

• Rome?

Period Produced

• 16th century

School

• Late Renaissance
• Italian Mannerism

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• coal?
• chalk?
• Vergé paper
• handmade paper

Technique

• pen drawing
• pencil drawing
• charcoal drawing?
• chalk drawing?

Geographic Reference

• Florentine

Production Reason

• study after a ceiling painting?
• ornament study?

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Bezeichnet unten links (mit der Feder in Braun) ROMA ī castello sto angelo

Captions Added Later

Bezeichnet unten mittig (mit der Feder in Braun): A [Verweiskürzel]
Unten links Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356), mit zugehöriger Inventarnummer

Watermark

• Fünfzackige Krone unter sechszackigem Stern [Bindedraht als Mittelachse]

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Genre

• architecture

Primary

• 48A9872 ornament ~ grotesque
• 41A44 (decorated) ceiling

Secondary

• 48A9877 ornament ~ medallion

Historic Attribution

• Sisto Badalocchio draughtsman