Design for a Painted Ceiling
Object Details
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Design for a painted ceiling featuring two putti at left and right holding drapery that supports garland of fruit and leaves below. On ceiling, partially completed design for painting including figures, animals, and angels. Highly decorated with various options for patterns including a Greek key border.
- Credit Line
- Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund
- ca. 1590
- Accession Number
- 1938-88-479
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- interiors
- Object Name
- Drawing
- Type
- Drawing
- Medium
- Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over black chalk on off-white laid paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 21 × 33 cm (8 1/4 in. × 13 in.)
- made in
- Italy
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Record ID
- chndm_1938-88-479
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq447481d9b-f015-4301-93f4-16a3292138a4
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