Accession Number1959/2.77
TitleCorner Decoration of a Painted Ceiling
Artist(s)Flaminio Innocenzo MinozziObject Creation Date1735-1817Medium & Supportpen and brown ink with watercolorDimensions 9 in. x 11 1/2 in. ( 22.9 cm x 29.2 cm )
Credit LineMuseum PurchaseLabel copyGallery Rotation Winter 2012:
Flaminio Innocenzo Minozzi
Italy, 1735–1817
Corner Decoration of a Painted Ceiling
Pen and black ink with ink wash
Museum purchase, 1959/2.34
Corner Decoration of a Painted Ceiling
Pen and brown ink with watercolor
Museum purchase 1959/2.77
These two fine drawings of ceiling corners are examples of the draftsmanship of artists working in Bologna during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Composed with delicate pen strokes and areas of wash, the illusionism of these corner sections is marvelous and their acanthus leaves, swags, putti, and balustrades are characteristic of the textural richness of the late Baroque interior. In the drawing with the blue wash, the numerous windows and the grouping of the globe and measuring instruments suggest that this ceiling design may have been destined for a library or other place of learning.
These are probably student works copying earlier designs by Mauro Tesi (1730–1766), Girolamo Mengozzi (1688–1772), or Angelo Michele Colonna (1604–1687). Students copied the work of master artists as an essential component of their training.
Subject matterThese two fine drawings of ceiling corners (also 1959/2.34) are examples of the draftsmanship of artists working in Bologna during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. These two drawings are probably student works copying earlier designs by Mauro Testi, Girolamo Mengozzi, or Angelo Michele Colonna. Composed with delicate pen strokes and areas of wash, the illusionism of these corner sections is marvelous: acanthus leaves, swags, putti, and balustrades all underscore the textural richness of the late Baroque interior such a ceiling would complement.
Physical DescriptionThe viewer is presented with an illusionistic rendering of a corner an ornate celiing. Architectural moldings, windows, and a still life in the corner with a globe and measuring instruments suggest that this might have been intended for a library
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Keywords
ceilings
globes (cartographic spheres)
plans (orthographic projections)
rendering (drawing techniques)
studies (rooms)