Ink and watercolour drawing
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
Unknown
Materials
Paper, Watercolour paint
Measurements
325 mm (H)225 mm (W)
Order this imageCollection
Kingston Lacy Estate, Dorset
NT 1253761
Summary
Ink and watercolour drawing in green of 'PERUGIA Side of the choir in which the statue of Pope Julius 3rd is seated cast by Vincenzio Dante ('adhuc puber'), as an inscription tells us in 1557. The Griffon is the emblem or arms of Perugia, and the figure of Peace commemorates the reconciliation of the city with that Pope, after rebellion against his predecessors'. According footnote in pink ink in William Bankes' hand. Not signed and no watermark.