Axial Commons Image Treasury
Pen and brown wash drawing of a tomb with a pyramid, a lyre emblem, a child embracing a beast, an inscribed plinth, and flaming urns.

Sepulchral Monument for the Poet Colte, of Rome

A pen and wash drawing of a sepulchral monument beneath a pyramid with a lyre emblem. A nude putto embraces a reclining beast atop a stone plinth inscribed with an Italian epitaph, flanked by flaming urns and bird-form supports on stepped bases.

Artist
Unknown
Date
1795–1809
Medium
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, graphite on beige laid paper
Source
Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)
Size
3031 × 2297 px
Download full size
Public domain · Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1809).
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

Español: Monumento sepulcral para el poeta Colte de Roma

Dibujo a pluma y aguada de un monumento funerario bajo una pirámide con un emblema de lira. Un putto desnudo abraza a una bestia recostada sobre un pedestal de piedra con una inscripción en italiano, flanqueado por urnas ardientes y soportes con forma de ave.

Português: Monumento sepulcral para o poeta Colte de Roma

Desenho a pena e aguada de um monumento funerário sob uma pirâmide com um emblema de lira. Um putto nu abraça uma criatura deitada sobre um pedestal de pedra com uma inscrição em italiano, ladeado por urnas em chamas e suportes em forma de ave.

Rome and Ancient Greecesepulchral monumenttomb designpyramidlyreputtoflaming urninscriptionneoclassical drawingpen and washbrown inkgiuseppe barberiarchitectural drawing

More from Rome and Ancient Greece

Oil painting in gilded frame: central scene of reclining sleepers and a figure in clouds, flanked by panels of Christ with globe and a saint holding a gridiron.Predella with three scenes of Saint Roch, and figures of Saint Peter, Christ as Salvator MEngraving of Diana and her maidens by a forest pool, a seated goddess at center with attendants, trees and rocks framing the scene and a distant landscape to the right.Diana and Her MaidensGreen-patinated bronze statue of a nude woman bending forward, head bowed, beside a tall block with a circular emblem, on a stepped base.Sculpture of a BatherWatercolor interior of an ornate room with red damask walls, a gilt portrait, coffered ceiling, red-draped alcove, green curtains and a patterned marble floor.Sala del Thorvaldsen, RomePen and wash drawing of a classical arched doorway with a shell-carved pediment, fluted columns, and small figures in period dress.Doorway, Loggia, Ground Floor, Villa Albani, Rome, ItalyWatercolor drawing of women harvesting grapes on a hillside, with a seated man, a grazing cow, and gray hills behind.Vintage in the Mountains Near Rome