Design for a Doorway to the Sacristy of St. Peter's, Rome

A pen and brown ink drawing with brown wash shows an ornate classical doorway framed by a pedimented architectural surround, with a radiant oval medallion of a dove above. Two robed figures kneel and stand at the base, one holding a lantern, beside a tall wall and faint construction lines.

Artist

Carlo Marchionni

Date

ca. 1778

Medium

Pen and brown ink, brush and brown, gray wash, graphite on cream laid paper

Source

Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)

Size

842 × 1280 px

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