Dream Alphabet, Letter K: Man Beside a Tree with Feet Studies

A pen-and-ink drawing on pale paper shows a man in a cap leaning against a bare tree trunk, shaded in green wash, his body twisted toward the viewer. Around him, eight studies of bare feet from different angles surround the figure, with a shell above and a red letter K below.

Artist

Giuseppe Maria Mitelli

Date

1683

Medium

White laid paper with red brayon

Source

Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)

Size

2163 × 2880 px

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