Design for Wall Decoration, Pompeiian Room, Palazzo Altieri, Rome

A painted wall design in neoclassical style, with a red panel framed by garlands and scrolling ornament enclosing a small central scene of figures in a landscape. Flanking vertical panels show winged and draped figures, with grisaille winged figures and gilded scrollwork above and below in a pale rectangular frame.

Artist

Felice Giani

Date

1792

Medium

Pen and brown ink, brush and watercolor, brown wash, traces of graphite on paper, lined with blue paper

Source

Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)

Size

1280 × 774 px

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