Lot 224: Carlo Marchionni , Rome 1702 - 1786 design for a chapel of st ferma Pen and brown ink and gray wash, over traces of black chalk; signed in pen and brown ink: Carlo Marchionni Arch.o Romano and inscribed: Fianco della Cappella di S Ferma come deve

Pen and brown ink and gray wash, over traces of black chalk; signed in pen and brown ink: Carlo Marchionni Arch.o Romano and inscribed: Fianco della Cappella di S Ferma come deve ornarsi al presente / Scala di palmi Quaranta Romani /...5...10 20 30 40.

measurements note 488 by 365 mm

Galerie Bruno Meissner

We are very grateful to Professor Elizabeth Kieven for dating this design to the 1760s or early 1770s. She also noted that the highly elaborate design may suggest that it was an idea for a temporary decoration. Very little is known of St. Ferma, although in the 19th century her relics were for a time housed in what is now the sanctuary of Saint Philomena, in Mugnano del Cardinale, near Naples.