Caption

Floor plan of the basement of the Palazzo Rostan Raggio, Prima pianta di sotto terra del Palazzo. I, print, album page, This print is part of an album., printmaker: Nicolaes Ryckmans, Antwerp, publisher: Peter Paul Rubens, grantor of privilege: Spanish crown, 1622, paper, engraving, height 216 mm x width 250 mm, height 583 mm x width 435 mm, plan, architecture, hotel, i.e. small palace in city - AA - civic architecture: inside, Genoa, Palazzo Rostan Raggio, A detailed architectural floor plan rendered in black ink on aged paper showing rooms outlined by thick shaded walls and thinner interior partition lines, with a central open courtyard surrounded by a colonnaded or vaulted perimeter indicated by diagonal hatch patterns and small solid shaded squares at regular intervals; various adjacent rectangular and square rooms of differing sizes feature interior hatch marks suggesting vaults or beams, small staircases, circular shapes representing ovens or tanks, and niche-like recesses in wall segments; measurements and short handwritten labels appear inside several rooms but are not described here, and thin dashed lines mark alignments and axes across spaces; the drawing is framed by a narrow border and has decorative script along the bottom edge.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B27_337

License type

Rights managed

Available size

47.1Mb (11.6Mb) / 14.5in x 12.6in / 4354 x 3784 (300dpi)

Keywords

Floor plan basement Palazzo Rostan Raggio Prima pianta di sotto terra del Palazzo I print album page part album printmaker Nicolaes Ryckmans Antwerp publisher Peter Paul Rubens grantor privilege Spanish crown 1622 paper engraving height 216 mm x width 250 mm height 583 mm x 435 mm plan architecture hotel small palace city - AA - civic architecture inside Genoa detailed architectural floor plan rendered black ink aged paper showing rooms outlined thick shaded walls thinner interior partition lines central open courtyard surrounded colonnaded vaulted perimeter indicated diagonal hatch patterns small solid squares regular intervals various adjacent rectangular square rooms differing sizes feature interior hatch marks suggesting vaults beams small staircases circular shapes representing ovens tanks niche- recesses wall segments measurements short handwritten labels inside several rooms described thin dashed lines mark alignments axes across spaces drawing framed narrow border decorative script bottom edge