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The figure in the  niche on the left is St Catherine of Alexandra in  her wheel; above her St Peter with his keys.  The  right side of the drawing is incomplete and nearly  blank, except for a faint sketch in black chalk of a  saint standing on a pediment.  The drawing is  made up of several sheets of paper of irregular  shape pieced together.  The lower part of the  design looks too insubstantial to support the  elaborate structure above: it has probably been  altered since leaving the artist’s hands","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Unknown","id":"A1848"},"association":{"text":"","id":""},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"pen and ink","id":"x30618"},{"text":"brown wash","id":"x47470"},{"text":"blue wash","id":"x32683"},{"text":"black chalk","id":"AAT80058"},{"text":"paper","id":"x30308"}],"techniques":[{"text":"drawing","id":"x32498"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Pen and ink and brown wash, with some blue wash, over black chalk","categories":[{"text":"Designs","id":"THES48968"}],"styles":[{"text":"Italian School","id":"x31264"}],"collectionCode":{"text":"PDP","id":"THES48595"},"images":["2015HY0478"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"LVLC","id":"THES49171"},"free":"","case":"MB2C","shelf":"DR57","box":"SS12"}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"print","id":""}],[{"text":"drawing","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"italy","id":"x28927"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"early 17th century","earliest":"1600-01-01","latest":"1650-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"685","unit":"mm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"318","unit":"mm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"","marksAndInscriptions":[{"content":"Inscribed in ink within the design ‘Io fra Gio.  Andrea da [illegible abbreviation] Affermo’  and again in a different hand ‘Io Franscesco  Martelli’","inscriber":{"name":{"text":"","id":""},"association":{"text":"","id":""}},"date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"description":"","interpretation":"","language":"","medium":"","method":"","position":"","script":"","translation":"","transliteration":"","type":"","note":""}],"objectHistory":"Bought 1872\r\n\r\n1 of 68 architectural drawings part purchased from, part presented by Francis Wollaston Moody in 1872.","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Drawing, Design for a ciborium combined with an altar, artist unknown, Italian school, pen and ink and wash, early 17th century","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Ward-Jackson, Peter, <u>Italian Drawings. Volume II. 17th-18th century</u>, London, 1980, cat. 884, p. 106, illus.\n\nThe following is the full text of the entry:\r\n\r\nSCHOOL UNKNOWN: early 17th century\n\r\n884\nDesign for a ciborium combined with an altar\r\nInscribed in ink within the design ‘Io fra Gio. Andrea da [illegible abbreviation] Affermo’ and again in a different hand ‘Io Franscesco Martelli’\r\nPen and ink and brown wash, with some blue wash, over black chalk\r\n27 x 12 ½ (685 x 318)\t\t                                        612\r\nPROVENANCE Bought 1872\r\n\r\nThe figure on top is the resurrected Christ; below him the Virgin between two angels (of whom only one is actually shown). The figure in the niche on the left is St Catherine of Alexandra in her wheel; above her St Peter with his keys.  The right side of the drawing is incomplete and nearly blank, except for a faint sketch in black chalk of a saint standing on a pediment.  The drawing is made up of several sheets of paper of irregular shape pieced together.  The lower part of the design looks too insubstantial to support the elaborate structure above: it has probably been altered since leaving the artist’s hands.  The drawing is not of very fine quality, but the inscriptions, recorded above, seem to show that it was used as the basis of a contract between an artist and his employer or employers.  It is a good deal stained and damaged.\r\n"},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Referenced in Cristina Loi, 'Disegni per Milano al Victoria & Albert Museum di Londra' in <i>Il Disegno di Architettura: notizie su studi, richerche, archivi e collezioni pubbliche e private</i>, Aprile 1996, Numero 13, pp. 31-38."}],"production":"The drawing is not of very fine quality, but the inscriptions, recorded above, seem to show that  it was used as the basis of a contract between an artist and his employer or employers.  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