Title
[Plans of part of the Vatican Palace, Cortile del Belvedere and Cell in the Conclave].
Creator
Fontana, Carlo, 1634-1714, artist.
Publication details
[between 1690 and 1710]
Physical details
1 drawing : pencil, ink and wash ; sheet 42 x 94.5 cm
Description
Plan of part of the Vatican Palace including the Cortile del Belvedere at right and the rooms around the Cortile di S. Damaso at left; detailed plan of individual cell in the Conclave superimposed on a cartouche at left, with key within laurel wreath above and scales below. On four sheets.
Place
Vatican City
Additional information
Bound with twenty architectural drawings and some notes by Carlo Fontana in one of the twenty-four volumes from the collection of Cardinal Albani acquired by James Adam for George III in 1762. This volume corresponds to no. 20 in Giovanni Battista Contini's 1716 inventory of Albani's collection, where its contents are described as 'Conclaue Circondario Vaticano Seminario di / Siena Ruscellai' (Braham, A. and Hager, H., Carlo Fontana. The Drawings at Windsor Castle, London, 1977, p. 3). For other two volumes of drawings by Fontana in the King's Topographical Collection, see 118.e.14. and Maps 7.Tab.46.
Shelfmark
Maps 7.Tab.57.2.