West Wycombe

West Wycombe

West Wycombe Park: south front: design with unbroken Tuscan Doric colonnade – unfinished version

possibly Maurice-Louis Jolivet, for Giovanni Niccolò Servandoni, c.1747–51

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possibly Maurice-Louis Jolivet, for Giovanni Niccolò Servandoni, West Wycombe Park: south front: design with unbroken Tuscan Doric colonnade – unfinished version

Photo courtesy of Rodolfo Acevedo Rodriguez (All rights reserved)

Details

Country House
West Wycombe
Title(s)
West Wycombe Park: south front: design with unbroken Tuscan Doric colonnade – unfinished version
Date
c.1747–51
Location
Framed, hanging in the Study, location 080 on Dashwood list, AP 26, Witt 941/31 (26)
Medium and support
Pen and ink on paper
Dimensions
Overall height: 37 cm, Overall width: 64 cm
Artists
possibly Maurice-Louis Jolivet (fl.1750-1759), for Giovanni Niccolò Servandoni (1695-1766)
Catalogue Number
WW23
Inscription
  • Scale to 60 feet, measurements added in pencil

Description

This is an unfinished drawing, with two solutions for the depth of the colonnade.

by Clare Hornsby

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