Funeral Decorations for King Louis XVI of France

A pen and brown ink drawing with brown wash shows a tiered funerary monument with a seated figure and a winged figure atop a pedestal, flanked by smaller statues and sarcophagus-like blocks. A small rectangular panel and a circular window motif appear at upper right and lower right on the beige sheet.

Artist

Giuseppe Barberi

Date

1793

Medium

Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on beige laid paper

Source

Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)

Size

3049 × 4000 px

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