Design for the Triumphal Arch at the Porta Ticinese in Milan, with the Imperial Arms of the Hapsburg and Allegorical Figures
Previously considered anonymous, this drawing has been correctly attributed as by the Milanese architect and author Francesco Maria Richini by Antonio Russo (see Bibliography, Russo 2013), who identified the design with the triumphal entry of Cardinal Ferdinand Hapsburg (1609-1641), "Infante" of Spain, which occurred in 1633 in the Porta Ticinese, the southern gate to the city of Milan.
Credit: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1961
1633
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over leadpoint, with stylus ruling and compass construction
36.1 x 25.0cm
61.591.6
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