Architectural Design with an Altarpiece Framed in a Niche and Surmounted by a Dome
1735–1817
Medium
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown, gray, yellow, and rose wash, with a vertical line in leadpoint (in half part of the drawing) through the center to create the symmetry
Dimensions
13-1/2 x 5-3/4 in. (34.3 x 14.6 cm) irregular borders
Classification
Drawings|Ornament & Architecture
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1952
Accession Number
52.570.72
Tags
Art Historical Context
This delicate architectural drawing by Flamin Innocenzo Minozzi (5–1817), an Italian artist active in the 18th, presents a visionary design for an altarpiece elegantly framed within a niche and crowned by a dome. Titled *Architectural Design with an Altiece Framed in aiche and Surmounted by Dome*, it captures the grandeur of ecclesiastical spaces, with graceful arches and ornate details evoking the opulent Baroque or Rococo styles prevalent in Italian church architecture of the era. Minozzi employed a meticulous mixed-media technique: pen and brown ink for precise lines, brush washes in subtl...