Design for a Sepulchral Monument to King Louis XVI of France

A pen and brown ink drawing with brush and brown wash shows a tall, tiered monument rising from a stepped plinth, topped by a sculptural group of figures. Flanking urns stand on low pedestals, and faint ruled lines or handwriting run across the paper behind the structure.

Artist

Giuseppe Barberi

Date

1793

Medium

Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on lined off-white laid paper

Source

Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)

Size

1888 × 2240 px

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