Ground Floor Plan for Torre Quatro Venti

c. 1905

Elihu Vedder

Associated Names
Elihu Vedder

Artist, American, 1836 - 1923

This is a drawing of a ground floor plan. The floor plan is hand-drawn on paper and depicts the layout of a building's ground floor, including various rooms and features. The drawing includes labels for different areas such as the "kitchen," "pantry," "dining-room," "library or spare bedroom," "hall," "drawing-room," and "servant bed-room." Additionally, there are annotations marking features like "going up to olives," "against hill slope," and "pine trees below." The rooms are outlined with lines, and some areas are filled in with color, indicating different zones or functions. There are arrows and additional handwritten notes providing further details about the connections between these spaces. The drawing offers a detailed insight into the architectural design and spatial layout of this particular ground floor area.

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Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1988

  • Borghi & Co., Visions of Italy, 1988, 52.

Inscriptions

notations overall; lower center verso in pen and ink: Plan of Ground floor; by later hand, lower center verso in graphite (circled): The / Vedder / Villa; upper right verso (circled): 19

Watermarks

lower left: half shield with crown

Wikidata ID

Q64558419

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