Lot 26: RAFFAELLO DA MONTELUPO (FLORENCE 1504-1566 ORVIETO) A set of twelve archite

RAFFAELLO DA MONTELUPO (FLORENCE 1504-1566 ORVIETO) A set of twelve architectural drawings including: Design for the façade of San Lorenzo, Florence (i); Design for an entablature and the base of a pedestal (ii); The ground plan of a church (iii); A sketch of the main entablature of the Arch of Septimius Severus, Rome (iv); Sketches of various elements of the Arch of Titus, Rome (v); Design for a wall decoration (vi); A sketch of the Theatre of Marcellus, Rome (vii); A partial elevation of the Arch of Constantine, Rome (viii); A ground plan of Santa Maria degli Angeli, Florence (ix); Sketches of various elements of the Arch of Constantine, Rome (x); A sketch of a classical tri-column structure and a Greek decorative design (xi); and Two architectural fragments (xii) inscribed ′primo disegno che se fa p la faciata/ di san lorenzo/ primo disegno p la/ facciata di s lorenzo′ (i), and further extensive inscriptions pen and brown ink, on oiled tracing paper 8 x 5 3/8 in. (20.5 x 13.7 cm.) (the largest, vi); 5 1/4 x 2 1/2 (13.4 x 5.3 cm.) (the smallest, xii) 12, mounted on three sheets

PROVENANCE: Sir Thomas Lawrence, London (1769-1830) (L. 2445). Samuel Woodburn, London (1786-1853); Christie’s, 4 June 1860, lot 149, '[Michelangelo]: ARCHITECTURAL FRAGMENTS, with inscriptions - pen, curious 12 (£3-5s to Brett). John Watkins Brett, London (1805-1863); Christie's, 8 April 1864, part of lot 503 'M. Angnolo - Designs for Architecture - bistre, From the Lawrence Collection (13)' (£1.8s to Bloxam). M.H. Bloxam, by whom given to Rugby School.