Caption

Longitudinal section of the Villa Giustiniani-Cambiaso in Genoa, Taglio per fianco del istesso Palazzo. B., print, album page, This print is part of an album., printmaker: Nicolaes Ryckmans, Antwerp, publisher: Peter Paul Rubens, provider of privilege: Spanish crown, 1622, paper, engraving, height 243 mm, width 257 mm, height 583 mm x width 435 mm, section, architectural design or model, hôtel, ie small palace in city - AA - civic architecture: inside, Genoa, Villa Giustiniani-Cambiaso, A large architectural drawing shows a cross section of a building with multiple levels of rooms and vaulted ceilings, rendered in fine parallel hatch lines and stippling for shading. The composition includes tall sloped roof sections with dense horizontal hatching, thick vertical supporting walls, and a variety of arches and domed vaults. Several rectangular doorways and narrow staircases connect different levels, and some rooms display semicircular barrel vaults while others have groin or stepped vaulting. Columns and pilasters with simple capitals appear at the sides, and floors are indicated by horizontal bands and crosshatched patterns. The drawing is monochrome on a pale background with precise, evenly spaced linework and areas of darker stippling to mark recessed spaces and openings.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B27_316

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Available size

57.8Mb (6.3Mb) / 15.2in x 14.8in / 4558 x 4433 (300dpi)

Keywords

Longitudinal section Villa Giustiniani-Cambiaso Genoa Taglio fianco del istesso Palazzo B print album page part album printmaker Nicolaes Ryckmans Antwerp publisher Peter Paul Rubens provider privilege Spanish crown 1622 paper engraving height 243 mm width 257 mm height 583 mm x width 435 mm section architectural design model hôtel ie small palace city - AA - civic architecture inside large architectural drawing cross section building multiple levels rooms vaulted ceilings rendered fine parallel hatch lines stippling shading composition includes tall sloped roof sections dense horizontal hatching thick vertical supporting walls variety arches domed vaults Several rectangular doorways narrow staircases connect different levels display semicircular barrel vaults groin stepped vaulting Columns pilasters simple capitals sides floors indicated horizontal bands crosshatched patterns drawing monochrome pale background precise evenly spaced linework areas darker stippling mark recessed spaces openings