Watercolor-style drawing of a marble altar canopy with columns and gold capitals beside a staircase with a balustrade in a dim church interior.

Altar Canopy in a Venetian Church Interior

A watercolor-style architectural study of a richly marbled altar canopy with slender columns and gilded capitals, set in a dim church interior. Warm light falls on a stone staircase with a balustrade at right and a colonnaded balcony at upper left, with dark shadows in the foreground.

Artist: Miner Kilbourne Kellogg
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Medium: pencil on paper
Source: Smithsonian (Smithsonian American Art Museum)
Size: 2459 × 1512 px

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Public domain · Smithsonian (Smithsonian American Art Museum) releases this image under CC0 (undated).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Smithsonian American Art Museum

19th century wash drawing watercolor balustrade church interior staircase architectural study marble column venice