Design for One-Quarter of a Ceiling Decoration

A pen and brown ink drawing with brown wash shows one corner of an ornamental ceiling design. A large urn with garlands stands between two winged putti on a pedestal, while carved scrolls, acanthus leaves and a running key border frame the right side. The sheet is pale and largely empty, with faint graphite lines visible above.

Look closer: Faint graphite sketch of a small figure or floral motif in the upper left of the sheet.

Artist

Leonardo Marini

Date

1730–97

Medium

Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over graphite, with ruled and compass construction

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Size

3541 × 2738 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Leon Dalva Sr., 1965