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Pen and wash drawing of a classical arched doorway with a shell-carved pediment, fluted columns, and small figures in period dress.

Doorway, Loggia, Ground Floor, Villa Albani, Rome, Italy

A pen and brown ink architectural drawing with gray wash shows a tall arched bay framed by fluted pilasters and a triangular pediment carrying a fan-shaped shell carving. Two small figures in period dress stand at the central doorway, and a third walks at lower left beside a cane.

Artist
Carlo Marchionni
Date
ca. 1780
Medium
Graphite, pen and sepia ink, brush and gray watercolor on brown-gray paper
Source
Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)
Size
2203 × 3000 px
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Public domain · Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1785).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)

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

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