Diagram of a Picture Gallery Interior with Figures

A pen and brown ink drawing with gray wash shows an architectural picture gallery with classical columns, arched niches, and framed paintings covering the walls, some bearing handwritten inscriptions. At the center, a standing figure in a long robe and seated figures gather around a draped table, while a small gallery view recedes through an arched doorway in the background.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 1700

Medium

Pen and sepia ink, brush and gray wash on paper

Source

Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)

Size

3038 × 2308 px

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