West Wycombe Park: south front: design with double colonnade
possibly John Donowell, after Giovanni Niccolò Servandoni, after Andrea Palladio, c.1747–51
possibly John Donowell, after Giovanni Niccolò Servandoni, after Andrea Palladio, West Wycombe Park: south front: design with double colonnade
Photo courtesy of Rodolfo Acevedo Rodriguez (All rights reserved)
Details
- Country House
- West Wycombe
- Title(s)
- West Wycombe Park: south front: design with double colonnade
- Date
- c.1747–51
- Location
- Framed, hanging in the Study, location 080 on Dashwood list, AP 30, Witt 941/28 (65)
- Medium and support
- Pen and ink on paper
- Dimensions
- Overall height: 26.5 cm, Overall width: 45.5 cm
- Artists
- possibly John Donowell (fl.1753-1786), after Giovanni Niccolò Servandoni (1695-1766), after Andrea Palladio (1508-1580)
- Catalogue Number
- WW27
- Inscription
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- Scale to 60 feet
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Description
This drawing is a direct quotation from two famous facades – the Palladian Palazzo Chiericati and Saint Sulpice, Paris, by Servandoni. The window shape is not as built, however.