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Title
Model of the Castle of L’Aquila
Date
1753 ca.
Artist
Artist notes
Noicattaro, Bari 1715 – Napoli 1768
Medium
" Wood and stucco painted a tempera"
Dimensions
34×86×80 cm
Origin
Museo di San Martino, Napoli
Collection
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Inventory
OPA 517
Description
This scale model of the Castle of L’Aquila was created by Giovanni Carafa, Duke of Noja, for Charles of Bourbon. It was part of the royal collection alongside models of the most significant fortresses of the Kingdom of Naples. Its value lies in the documentation it offers of the castle’s condition between the Bourbon siege of 1734 and its later conversion into a military barracks after the unification of Italy. Beneath the model, a drawer-like compartment contains a pen-drawn plan of the building’s undercrofts.
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