Sketch, Allegory in Architectural Setting with Sculpted Bust

A pen and ink and sepia wash drawing shows a crowned female allegorical figure in flowing drapery standing at right beside a sculpted bust on a pedestal. At her feet a small child figure sits, while at left a smoking urn or altar and tiny figures stand before an arched architectural setting.

Artist

Fortunato Duranti

Date

1820–1850

Medium

Pen and ink, brush and sepia wash on paper

Source

Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)

Size

2078 × 2882 px

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