Title
[Plan of the Lazaretto in Verona] / Adriano Cristofali del.
Creator
Cristofali, Adriano, 1718-1788, artist.
Publication details
[between 1750 and 1760]
Physical details
1 drawing : ink and grey wash ; sheet 50 x 37.8 cm
Description
Plan of the plague hospital in Verona surrounded by trees and flanked by two canals, with river at bottom right and cemetery at bottom left; the rectangular structure is arranged around a large open courtyard porticoed on each side with a circular chapel or tempietto at the centre, where two long walls intersect dividing the space into four irregular trapeziums, each with its own well; scale below.
Place
Verona (Italy)
Additional information
Ten pages bound together, with title-page. The key to each drawing is located on the verso of the preceding page. In their study of the work of Michele Sanmicheli, to whom the lazaretto has been attributed, Paul Davies and David Hemsoll refer to Cristofali's drawings as a not entirely reliable depiction of the original building (see P. Davies and D. Hemsoll, Michele Sanmicheli, Milan, 2004, p. 161, note 230).
Shelfmark
Maps K.Top.79.41.i.