Campo San Zanipolo Decorated for the Visit of Pius VI

1782

Domenico Fossati

Associated Names
Domenico Fossati

Artist, Venetian, 1743 - 1784

This is a drawing of a grand architectural setting with a multitude of figures gathered around an elaborate building. The architecture features a combination of Renaissance and classical styles, including ornate arches, decorative columns, and a façade with sculptural elements. The scene includes a double staircase with balustrades leading to a central arched entrance. People in detailed attire are gathered on either side of the staircase and spread out across the foreground. The structure conveys a sense of grandeur and ceremony, with architectural details providing depth and perspective.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and dark brown inks with gray wash over graphite on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    J. Carter Brown Fund

  • Dimensions

    overall: 34.1 × 46.7 cm (13 7/16 × 18 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1996.37.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Felice Pasqua (stamp, FP in a concave form, Lugt undescribed); private collection, Milan; (Bob Haboldt, New York); purchased 1996 by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1997

  • Building a Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1997-1998, no. 46.

2014

  • The Poetry of Light - La poesia della luce: Venetian Drawings from the National Gallery of Art, Museo Correr, Venice, Venice, 2014 - 2015, no. 111.

Inscriptions

by later hand, lower left verso in graphite: [?] artista [?] / pag. 93 - Cita [?] stampa d' Domenico Fossati / incisa de Leonardis / (io penso - D. Fossati scenografia / figure Domenico Tiepolo? / cambio [the rest undeciphered]; by same later hand, lower center to lower right verso in graphite: [?] la visita d' Papa Pio VI (1782) / Disegno per la stampa / La benedizione d' Pio 6 - nel Museo Civico d' Padova - illustrato fg. 327 libro le / feste Veneziane d' Bianca Tamassia Mazzarotto - editore Sansoni per fondazione Cini de Venezia / - d' Leonardis Fossati -

Watermarks

crowned shielf containing stars, with a crescent above (Heawood 824, Venice 1784)

Wikidata ID

Q64541069

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