Album 2
arrow left swipe to the left Visible reflectance photograph Verso of the twenty-fourth sheet, Album 2 activate zoom zoom tool
Leaf 24 verso activate zoom zoom tool
Visible reflectance photograph Four differently shaped blossom rosettes with silhouettes activate zoom zoom tool arrow right swipe to the right
activate zoom zoom tool Leaf 25

Works on this double page

  • Visible reflectance photograph Rosette drawn in sanguine and red chalk from the Arch of Septimius Severus
  • Visible reflectance photograph Drawing of a rosette in frontal view, probably from Hadrian's villa
  • Visible reflectance photograph Rosette, probably of the church of Santa Maria del Popolo, drawn in red chalk and black chalk
  • Visible reflectance photograph Red chalk and chalk drawing of a rosette, probably from the church of Santa Maria del Popolo
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Album 2, Leaf 25

Most of the rosette drawings are reworked counterproofs. In the case of chalk drawings, the counterproof is a way of copying a freshly executed drawing and reproducing it, from right to left in reverse, by placing a slightly moistened blank piece of paper over it and applying pressure.

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