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1/4 Design for a Painted Ceiling, architectural perspective

The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Drawings and Prints

1/4 Design for a Painted Ceiling, architectural perspective

Anonymous, Italian, Piedmontese, 18th century

Date
1700–1780
Medium
Brush and gray wash over leadpoint or graphite, with ruled and compass construction. Scale at bottom of drawing in pen and gray ink over leadpoint
Dimensions
9-3/4 x 10-15/16 in. (24.7 x 27.8 cm)
Object type
Drawing
Classification
Drawings
Object number
65.653.56
Credit line
Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1965
Original Met record

Subjects and terms

  • Interiors

The Met object ID 340360. The source CSV marks this record public domain, the official API identifies it as image-bearing, and the image was reverified as public domain before this page rendered.