Lunette with Allegory of Architecture

A pen and brown ink wash drawing in a semicircular lunette shape shows a standing draped woman pointing upward at left, beside stacked architectural blocks and tools. A seated figure leans over a drafting table at right while another reclines below, all above an inscribed lower band.

Artist

Felice Giani

Date

1812–13

Medium

Pen and brown ink, brush with brown and gray wash over black chalk and traces of graphite on off white laid paper

Source

Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)

Size

4000 × 2462 px

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