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Architectural Sketch for the design of a Wall with Doorway, with two smaller sketches for the design of windows or doorways (recto); Sketches for a plan and partial perspective view of ceiling (verso)
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Architectural Sketch for the design of a Wall with Doorway, with two smaller sketches for the design of windows or doorways (recto); Sketches for a plan and partial perspective view of ceiling (verso)

1700–1773

Medium

Graphite partly reworked with pen and black ink and brush and black ink and ruled construction lines in graphite (recto); graphite (verso)

Dimensions

11 x 16-11/16 in. (27.9 x 42.4 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Donald Oenslager, 1965

Classification

Drawings

Department

Drawings and Prints

Rights

Public Domain

About Luigi Vanvitelli

1700–1773

Born 12 May 1700; died 1 March 1773. Famous for his design for the Royal Palace at Caserta, built 1751. Vanvitelli was active in Rome, Naples and nearby towns, also Brescia, Milan and Genoa. Comment on works: Portraits