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Brown ink and wash drawing of a round-domed church with arched windows, a stone arch, ruins and a cypress tree under a pale sky.

View of Santi Giovanni e Paolo a Celio, Rome

A brown ink and wash drawing shows a domed, round-walled church with arched colonnade above a rectangular block, set beside a stone arch and ruined masonry. A road curves through the foreground beneath a tall cypress and a spreading tree.

Artist
Unknown
Date
ca. 1650
Medium
Pen and ink, brush and wash on laid paper
Source
Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)
Size
4000 × 2849 px
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Public domain · Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1655).
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: Vista de Santi Giovanni e Paolo al Celio, Roma

Un dibujo en tinta parda y aguada muestra una iglesia de cúpula y muros curvos, con una galería de arcos sobre un cuerpo rectangular, junto a un arco de piedra y muros en ruinas. Un camino serpentea en primer plano bajo un alto ciprés y un árbol frondoso.

Português: Vista de Santi Giovanni e Paolo al Celio, Roma

Um desenho em tinta marrom e aguada mostra uma igreja de cúpula e paredes curvas, com uma galeria de arcos sobre um corpo retangular, ao lado de um arco de pedra e alvenaria em ruínas. Uma estrada serpenteia no primeiro plano sob um alto cipreste e uma árvore frondosa.

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