Composition of Roman Ruins with Fountain and Figures

A pale, tinted print shows a garden scene with a tall obelisk at left, a fluted column ruin behind a tree, and a classical fountain with a carved relief and spout at right. Two figures, a woman with a basket and a man bending to fill a vessel, stand at the basin's edge.

Artist

Gilles Antoine Demarteau

Date

1776–1788

Medium

Color aquatint on laid paper

Source

Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)

Size

2500 × 3162 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum