Two Variants of a Church Facade, Rome

Two architectural elevations of a church facade, drawn in pen and ink with gray wash on pale paper, set one above the other. Each shows a broad two-story front with a central pediment, a cross on top, statues in niches, paired pilasters, and side profiles at the edges.

Artist

Unknown

Date

1771–72

Medium

Pen and black ink, brush and gray wash, graphite on white laid paper

Source

Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)

Size

2780 × 3999 px

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