Design for a Lunette with Allegory of Sculpture

A pen and brown ink drawing with brown wash shows a semicircular lunette composition. Seated and standing draped female figures occupy a draped interior, with a sculptural pedestal at right and an inscribed frieze along the base.

Artist

Felice Giani

Date

1812–13

Medium

Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, black chalk, traces of graphite on laid paper

Source

Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)

Size

4000 × 3024 px

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