Peace, Vaulted Panel Design, Palazzo Quirinale, Rome

A pen and gray wash drawing of a long decorative ceiling layout with a central octagonal panel showing a group of draped figures in a classical scene, flanked by two small circular medallions. Fine ruled lines frame the sheet, and the pale greenish-beige paper shows the composition's delicate tonal shading.

Artist

Felice Giani

Date

1812

Medium

Pen and dark gray ink, brush and gray wash over black chalk ruled lines on light greenish-beige wove paper

Source

Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)

Size

4000 × 1335 px

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