Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on lined off-white laid paper
Dimensions:
25.8 x 18.9 cm (10 3/16 x 7 7/16 in.)
Type:
architecture
Drawing
Object Name:
Drawing
Made in:
Rome, Italy
Date:
1793
Catalogue Status:
Research in Progress
Description:
A variation of 1938-88-1306, the plan of the structure being octagonal. The inscription stands in the entablature, above which are the crestings in the shape of those of a sarcophagus. The short shaft of the pedestal stands upon high moulding; a convex one of them is fluted. On the top very sketchy a group as in 1938-88-1329.
Credit Line:
Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund