Design for a Stove and Wall Fountain (?)

A pen-and-ink elevation drawing with gray wash shows two tall architectural units side by side. The left unit is a coffered, paneled cabinet with a pediment of scrolls and urns above a plinth; the right is a tiled-looking niche framing a vase on a pedestal above a decorated base with a roundel. The composition is symmetrical and measured, with fine guide lines still visible.

Look closer: Faint guide lines and a small inscription-like mark at the bottom center of the sheet.

Artist

Friedrich Sustris

Date

1598

Medium

Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash, over black chalk

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Size

2834 × 3649 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1955