Caption

Great pianta del Palazzo del sigr. Giovan Battista Grimaldo, Plan of the ground floor of the Palazzo Gio Battista Grimaldi in Genoa, 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, gravure, height 178 mm x width 357 mm, height 583 mm x width 435 mm, plan, architecture, hôtel, ie small palace in city - AA - civic architecture: inside, Genoa, Palazzo Gio Battista Grimaldi, Aged architectural floor plan drawn in sepia tones showing thick hatched walls outlining multiple rectangular rooms arranged symmetrically around a large central open area with a semi-circular entrance at the bottom edge; the walls are shaded with diagonal hatching and include door openings and recessed portions, and one area contains a set of closely spaced vertical parallel lines resembling a stair or colonnade next to a short rectangular block with circular holes. The paper shows faint staining and small brown spots, a linear scale bar along the top, and delicate dashed guide lines and small arrows inside many rooms indicating dimensions; thin solid lines mark interior partitions and small square pillars interrupt a corridor near the top center. The overall image has a worn, antique appearance with soft paper texture and slightly uneven edges visible around the drawing.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B27_357

License type

Rights managed

Available size

52.7Mb (10.4Mb) / 19.9in x 10.3in / 5973 x 3085 (300dpi)

Keywords

Great pianta del Palazzo del sigr Giovan Battista Grimaldo Plan ground floor Palazzo Gio Battista Grimaldi Genoa print album page part album printmaker Nicolaes Ryckmans Antwerp publisher Peter Paul Rubens grantor privilege Spanish crown 1622 paper engraving gravure height 178 mm x width 357 mm height 583 mm x 435 mm plan architecture hôtel ie small palace city - AA - civic architecture inside Aged architectural floor plan drawn sepia tones showing thick hatched walls outlining multiple rectangular rooms arranged symmetrically large central open area semi-circular entrance bottom edge shaded diagonal hatching include door openings recessed portions area contains set closely spaced vertical parallel lines resembling stair colonnade next short rectangular block circular holes faint staining small brown spots linear scale bar top delicate dashed guide lines small arrows inside rooms indicating dimensions thin solid lines mark interior partitions small square pillars interrupt corridor near top center image worn antique appearance soft paper texture slightly uneven edges visible drawing