Caption

Plan of the first floor of the Palazzo Gio Battista Grimaldi in Genoa, Seconda pianta del Palazzo del sigr. Giovan Battista Grimaldo, 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 172 mm x width 350 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, A rectangular architectural floor plan drawn on aged paper shows thick shaded exterior walls and interior partitions forming multiple rooms and corridors. The plan includes areas with closely spaced parallel hatch lines indicating a covered or colonnaded space, small filled circles and short rectangular blocks within that area suggesting structural elements, and several sets of narrow parallel lines representing staircases. Along one long edge are repeated rectangular alcoves or window openings with detailed molding. The drawing uses dashed guide lines and small measurement markers without describing the characters, and there are fine stipple marks and faint spots across the paper. The overall palette is monochrome with pencil or ink lines and hatched shading, and the composition is centered with a clear border around the plan.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B27_358

License type

Rights managed

Available size

51.4Mb (10.4Mb) / 20.2in x 9.9in / 6067 x 2963 (300dpi)

Keywords

Plan first floor Palazzo Gio Battista Grimaldi Genoa Seconda pianta del Palazzo del sigr Giovan Battista Grimaldo print album page part album printmaker Nicolaes Ryckmans Antwerp publisher Peter Paul Rubens provider privilege Spanish crown 1622 paper engraving height 172 mm x width 350 mm height 583 mm x 435 mm plan architecture hôtel ie small palace city - AA - civic architecture inside rectangular architectural floor drawn aged paper thick shaded exterior walls interior partitions forming multiple rooms corridors includes areas closely spaced parallel hatch lines indicating covered colonnaded space small filled circles short rectangular blocks within area suggesting structural elements several sets narrow parallel lines representing staircases long edge repeated rectangular alcoves window openings detailed molding drawing uses dashed guide lines small measurement markers describing characters fine stipple marks faint spots across palette monochrome pencil ink lines hatched shading composition centered clear border plan