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Brown wash drawing of an enthroned central figure with halo surrounded by draped figures on a hillside, with cloud sketches above.

Design for Allegory of Divine Wisdom, Palazzo Barberini, Rome

A brown wash and ink drawing of an allegorical gathering: a seated enthroned figure with a radiant halo sits above a crowd of draped figures on a cloudy, sketched hillside. Loose, rapid strokes model forms in red and brown chalk, with small figures and cloud studies in the upper corners.

Artist
Andrea Sacchi
Date
1629–1631
Medium
Brush and brown wash, pen and brown ink, red, black, and white chalk on off-white laid paper
Source
Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)
Size
3000 × 2957 px
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Public domain · Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1631).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)

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

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