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Brown ink and wash drawing of a crowded ceremony under a columned canopy, with a seated central figure, kneeling courtiers and reclining onlookers in the foreground.

Study for a Fresco: Allegory in Honor of Ranuccio Farnese

A pen, ink and brown wash drawing shows a crowded ceremonial scene beneath a domed, columned structure. A seated, richly draped central figure receives kneeling and standing courtiers while onlookers, some reclining in the foreground, fill the stepped terraces. Classical buildings and a distant dome recede on either side.

Artist
Francesco Salviati
Date
before 1553
Medium
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, white oxidized gouache, black chalk on white laid paper
Source
Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)
Size
3000 × 2387 px
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Public domain · Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1552).
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: Estudio para un fresco: alegoría en honor a Ranuccio Farnese

Un dibujo a pluma, tinta y aguada marrón muestra una escena ceremonial abarrotada bajo una estructura columnada con cúpula. Una figura central sentada, con ropajes abundantes, recibe a cortesanos arrodillados y de pie, mientras espectadores, algunos recostados en primer plano, llenan las terrazas escalonadas. Edificios clásicos y una cúpula lejana aparecen a los lados.

Português: Estudo para um afresco: alegoria em honra de Ranuccio Farnese

Um desenho em nanquim marrom, pena e aguada mostra uma cena cerimonial lotada sob uma estrutura com cúpula e colunas. Uma figura central sentada, com vestes amplas, recebe cortesãos ajoelhados e em pé, enquanto espectadores, alguns reclinados em primeiro plano, preenchem os degraus. Edifícios clássicos e uma cúpula distante aparecem dos lados.

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