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Luigi Vanvitelli

19 works

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Pencil sketch of a standing man in a tricorn hat and cloak, set within a blue-green and yellow ink border.

A Standing Man

1700

Pen and graphite drawing of a haloed saint seated on a scrolled throne with candlesticks on either side.

Saint Peter Enthroned

1700-73

Pen and wash drawing of a fountain and monumental staircase with reclining figures, urns, and architectural framing.

Manuscript page with a Project for a Fountain (recto); Project and Plan for a Monumental Staircase (verso)

ca. 1740-60

Pencil architectural elevation with pedimented aedicules, arched niches, and sculpted figures over a faint construction grid.

Detail study for the façade of Milan cathedral

1700-1773

Pen and ink design sketch of a theater interior with columns, arches, drapery swags, a hanging lamp and curved balustrade.

Design for a Theater Interior

1700-1773

Pen and ink architectural drawing of a chapel altar elevation with Corinthian pilasters, a shield cartouche, and a plan below

Project for a Chapel in the Church of San Ciriaco, Ancona

1700-1773

Pencil architectural elevation of an altar with arched niche, Corinthian columns, scrolled pediment and radiant sunburst.

Design for the high altar of the Gesù Nuovo, Naples

1700-1773

Pencil architectural sketch of a wall with a doorway, pilasters, and a cartouche, with smaller studies at left.

Architectural Sketch for the design of a Wall with Doorway, with two smaller sketches for the design of windows or do…

1700-1773

Pen drawing of an oval ballroom ceiling with coffered panels, a central allegorical medallion, and figures in clouds.

Ceiling of Ballroom decorated for the Marriage of the King of Naples to the Archduchess of Austria

1700-1773

Pen and wash cross section of a theater with tiered boxes and a stage set showing a classical street with columns and an obel

Transverse Section of the Small Theater at the Palace of Caserta, with a View of a Stage Design

1700-1773

Pen and wash architectural drawing of a theater plan with a radiating ornamental ceiling and a scale bar in palms.

Projection of Ceiling Over Plan of the Small Theater in the Palace at Caserta

1700-1773

Architectural section drawing of a theater interior with tiered balconies, columns, and a decorated dome, with a scale bar be

Longitudinal Section of the Small Theater in the Palace at Caserta

1700-1773

Pen and ink design drawing of an ornate altar with an oval cartouche, scrolled brackets, and a decorative frieze.

Design for an Altar

1700-1773

Pen and ink architectural design sheet showing church interior elevations with arched niches, pilasters, and ornamental pedim

Design for a Church Interior

1700-1773

Pen and wash drawing of a proposed Trevi Fountain design with a grand palazzo facade and sculpted basin.

Proposal for the Trevi Fountain

1730/1732

Ink drawing of a grand staircase with a domed ceiling, arched windows, carved wall panels, and a decorative balustrade.

Design for the Grand Staircase at the Royal Palace of Caserta, Italy

1720

Pencil sketch of a standing woman in a turban and long skirt, framed by a blue, yellow and black painted border.

Standing Woman

1700

Pencil sketch of a standing woman in draped robes holding a child, set within a painted blue, yellow, and black border.

Standing Laundress

1700

Pencil and wash sketch of standing men with baskets, carts, and horses, framed by a painted green and yellow border.

Figural Studies

1700

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