Design for a Funeral Monument (Preparatory Drawing for a Print)

A pen and wash design for a baroque funeral monument, with a bust crowning an arched niche, draped curtains, and a shield-bearing cartouche above a tomb. Putti and a standing figure flank the monument, and candelabra line the stepped base. A tablet reads "Kurtze Inscription", marking it as a study for a print.

Look closer: A small reclining figure rests on the central sarcophagus lid.

Artist

Johann Jakob Schübler

Date

1724–41

Medium

Pink wash, pen and black ink with gray washes

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Size

2071 × 3317 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Harry G. Sperling Fund, 2013