Nearly two-thirds of the drawings in the first two sections of this catalogue from the Cronstedt Collection have complex artistic provenances, as works on paper created by unknown artists active in Rome—primarily architects from France and, exceptionally, from Italy—executed either on-site or later in the studio. Moreover, the featured drawings are copies rather than originals, consisting primarily of artists’ duplicates made after the antique and after Renaissance or early mannerist masters (cat. 1–118). Admittedly, the complicated circumstances surrounding genesis and authorship do not always facilitate an understanding of the works (neither does their uncharted provenance). Nevertheless, they do corroborate the reception and impact that these ancient and modern models had on mannerist and baroque architecture, first in Rome and thereafter in France and Sweden. By contrast, the third section of the catalogue is more pragmatic and comprehensible, depicting largely original projects for churches, palaces, gardens, and fountains in early baroque...

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