Lunette with Allegory of Painting

A pen and brown ink drawing with grey wash shows a semicircular lunette set in an artist's studio. A draped standing figure stands at left, a seated painter works at a large easel in the center, and another seated figure with easels and a stool appears at right.

Artist

Felice Giani

Date

1812–13

Medium

Pen and brown ink, brush and greyish-brown wash, black chalk, traces of graphite on laid paper.

Source

Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)

Size

3999 × 2154 px

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