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The image shows an architectural scene with columns and arches, leading the viewer's gaze towards a source of light at the end of the structure. The precise and linear brushstrokes highlight the architectural details. The color palette is sepia tones, giving the artwork a historic quality. Statues are positioned atop columns, and shadows and light play across the vaulted ceilings.
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The image shows an architectural scene with columns and arches, leading the viewer's gaze towards a source of light at the end of the structure. The precise and linear brushstrokes highlight the architectural details. The color palette is sepia tones, giving the artwork a historic quality. Statues are positioned atop columns, and shadows and light play across the vaulted ceilings.

National Gallery of Art · Drawing

A Monumental Vaulted Hall with a Smoking Altar

Luigi Tasca

Date
1813/1814
Medium
pen and ink with wash over graphite
Dimensions
sheet: 32.3 x 44.4 cm (12 11/16 x 17 1/2 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Accession number
2011.122.2
Credit line
William B. O'Neal Fund
Time span
1801 to 1825
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • architecture
  • Statue
  • Building
  • Smoke
Provenance

(D&R Blissett, Hampshire, UK); purchased 2011 by NGA

Inscription

by later hand, along lower margin in brown ink, Luigi Tasca [undecipherable]/Disegno originale di Luigi Tasca. Veneziano celebre scenografo

Watermarks

escutcheon

NGA object ID 156690. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.