Album of Drawings
This album contains a collection of drawings by Juvarra, a celebrated architect who transformed Turin in the early eighteenth century. Some of the most impressive among the architectural sketches are designs for idealized cityscapes, occasionally so large as to require a foldout sheet. Often interpreted as stage designs, such drawings were also appreciated as artworks in their own right for their demonstration of both imagination and skill.
Artwork Details
- Title: Album of Drawings
- Artist: Filippo Juvarra (Italian, Messina 1678–1736 Madrid)
- Date: 1678–1736
- Medium: 1) Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash.
2) Pen and brown ink, over black chalk.
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6) Pen and brown ink, over black chalk.
7) Pen and brown ink, black chalk transfer.
8) Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash, over black chalk.
9) Black chalk.
10) Black chalk.
11) Black chalk, with pen and brown ink inscription and sketches.
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61) Brush and gray wash, over black chalk on lightweight paper.
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67) Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash, over black chalk.
68) Pen and brown ink, brush and two tones of gray wash, over black chalk.
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128) 1) Pen and brown ink.
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3) Black chalk.
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172) 1) Pen and brown ink.
2) Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash.
173) Pen and brown ink, over black chalk.
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191) Black chalk.
192) Pen and brown ink, over black chalk.
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195) Black chalk, with a small remaining portion of a sketch in pen and brown ink.
196) Pen and brown ink, over black chalk.
197) Pen and brown ink, over black chalk.
198) Black chalk.
199) Pen and brown ink, over black chalk.
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213) Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over black chalk.
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216) Black chalk, brush and brown wash.
217) Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over black chalk.
218) Brush and gray wash, over black chalk.
219) Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over black chalk.
220) Black chalk.
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238) Pen and brown ink, over black chalk.
239) Pen and brown ink, over black chalk.
240) Black chalk, brush and gray wash.
241) Black chalk, brush and gray wash.
242) Black chalk, brush and gray wash.
243) Pen and brown ink, over black chalk.
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245) Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over black chalk.
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247) Pen and brown ink, over black chalk.
248) Pen and brown ink, over black chalk.
249) Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over black chalk.
250) - Dimensions: Overall: 11 9/16 x 8 3/8 x 1 1/16 in. (29.4 x 21.2 x 2.7 cm)
- Classifications: Albums, Ornament & Architecture, Drawings
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1969
- Object Number: 69.655
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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Filippo Juvarra
1676–1736
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ca. 1610
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ca. 1400–1450 and later
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