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Pen and sepia wash drawing of stage set with large stone funerary urns and carved tomb facades in a shadowed architectural landscape.

Stage Design, Ancient Roman Tombs

A pen and sepia ink drawing with brush and wash shows a theatrical set of tall funerary urns and sculpted tomb facades. A large urn at left bears the inscription "CARSIAN" with a partial lettered band, while a smaller urn and a carved relief-covered monument recede to the right.

Artist
Romolo Achille Liverani
Date
early 19th century
Medium
Pen and sepia ink, brush and wash on paper
Source
Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)
Size
2550 × 1626 px
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Public domain · Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1834).
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, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Español: Diseño escénico con tumbas de la antigua Roma

Un dibujo a pluma y tinta sepia con aguada muestra un decorado teatral de grandes urnas funerarias y fachadas de tumbas con relieves. A la izquierda, una urna lleva una inscripción parcialmente legible, mientras que una urna menor y un monumento tallado se alejan hacia la derecha.

Português: Cenário teatral com tumbas da Roma antiga

Um desenho em nanquim sépia e aguada mostra um cenário teatral com grandes urnas funerárias e fachadas de tumbas esculpidas. À esquerda, uma urna traz uma inscrição parcialmente legível, enquanto uma urna menor e um monumento com relevos se afastam para a direita.

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