Axial Commons Image Treasury
Two ink drawings of a church facade with a central pediment, statues in niches, and side profiles at each edge.

Two Variants of a Facade of S. Maria Sopra Minerva, Rome

Two architectural elevations of a church facade, drawn in pen and ink with gray wash on pale paper, set one above the other. Each shows a broad two-story front with a central pediment, a cross on top, statues in niches, paired pilasters, and side profiles at the edges.

Artist
Unknown
Date
1771–72
Medium
Pen and black ink, brush and gray wash, graphite on white laid paper
Source
Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)
Size
2780 × 3999 px
Download full size
Public domain · Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1772).
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: Dos variantes de una fachada de iglesia, Roma

Dos alzados arquitectónicos de una fachada de iglesia, dibujados a pluma y tinta con aguada gris sobre papel claro, uno encima del otro. Cada uno muestra un frente de dos niveles con frontón central, cruz en la cúspide, estatuas en nichos y perfiles laterales en los bordes.

Português: Duas variantes de uma fachada de igreja, Roma

Duas elevações arquitetônicas de uma fachada de igreja, desenhadas a pena e tinta com aguada cinza sobre papel claro, uma acima da outra. Cada uma mostra uma frente de dois níveis com frontão central, cruz no topo, estátuas em nichos e perfis laterais nas bordas.

More from Rome and Ancient Greece

Brown ink drawing of a seated woman with a crown gesturing toward a standing armored man beside a draped curtain, a sword and scroll at right.Cleopatra Pleading with CaesarBrown wash drawing of a woman in a headscarf reading a seated young man's hand in a room with framed pictures, while two men in hats walk by.A countrywoman is telling the fortune of a young artist at the entrance to a chapel; two oPen and brown ink drawing on paper of decorative panels with small figures, a central battle or camp scene, scrollwork, and arabesque ornament.Design for Various Decorations including "Coriolanus at the Walls of Rome"Hand-colored engraving of a Roman palace facade with a tall tower, arched windows, and carriages and figures in the street below.Peep-show, Vue du Palais de l'Ambassadeur de Venise, a Rome, No. 89Hand-coloured engraving of two cut-open human hearts on the left and a chamomile plant with white daisy-like flowers on the right.Anatomy and botany: left, human heart; right, Roman camomile flowers. Coloured engraving, Hand-colored etching of a long palace with a slate roof and a courtyard filled with small figures in period dress and carriages under a cloudy sky.Le Palais de Cesar dans le Faubourg a Vienne appellé Favorita (The Caesar's Palace outside