Seated Allegory in Architectural Setting, Pen and Wash Sketch

A brown ink and wash drawing shows a seated figure with head bowed, leaning on a tall diagonal staff, inside a vaulted hall with pointed arches. Scattered rubble and a small lamp-like object fill the foreground, while light falls across the stone walls behind.

Artist

Fortunato Duranti

Date

1820–1850

Medium

Pen and ink, brush and wash, black chalk on paper

Source

Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)

Size

2880 × 2304 px

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