Design for a Doorway with Pediment and Shell Motif, Villa Albani, Rome

A pen and brown ink architectural drawing with gray wash shows a tall arched bay framed by fluted pilasters and a triangular pediment carrying a fan-shaped shell carving. Two small figures in period dress stand at the central doorway, and a third walks at lower left beside a cane.

Artist

Carlo Marchionni

Date

ca. 1780

Medium

Graphite, pen and sepia ink, brush and gray watercolor on brown-gray paper

Source

Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)

Size

2203 × 3000 px

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