Stage Design, Fortified Castle Interior, "Ciro in Babilonia" Underground Prison

Pen and ink with brush and watercolor wash shows a vaulted, stone-built underground hall drawn as a theatre stage set. Heavy masonry arches and squat columns frame a stair rising toward a bright, distant opening where buildings are glimpsed.

Artist

Romolo Achille Liverani

Date

early 19th century

Medium

Pen and black ink, brush and watercolor and wash on laid paper

Source

Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)

Size

3159 × 2496 px

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