Two Ruined Arched Doorways in Brown Ink and Wash

A pen and brown ink drawing with brush and brown wash shows two side-by-side arched doorways with classical pilasters, entablatures and carved ornament. The stonework is pale against darker wash openings, and the paper is lightly tinted with a faint border.

Artist

Giuseppe Barberi

Date

1780–1790

Medium

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

Source

Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)

Size

2880 × 2256 px

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