Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper
Dimensions:
Image: 14.3 x 19.9 cm (5 5/8 x 7 13/16 in.)
Type:
interiors
Drawing
Object Name:
Drawing
Made in:
Rome, Italy
Date:
ca, 1790
Catalogue Status:
Research in Progress
Description:
A variation of -1638, above. The gaines - figures springing from bunches standing upon short columns - are nearer to the walls than to each other. The vaulted lower part of the ceiling has triangular compartments, the upper decorated with festoons and a medallion, the lower with what possibly is a sphinx crouching upon a high pedestal with figures, and two figures sitting beside. Unusual background.
Credit Line:
Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund
