Design for a Palace Interior
Leonardo Marini
1730–97
Medium
Pen and brown ink, brush with gray, green, yellow, and red wash, over leadpoint
Dimensions
14 1/4 x 10 1/2in. (36.2 x 26.7cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Leon Dalva Sr., 1965
Accession Number
65.654.36
Tags
InteriorsFacesMenProfilesWomenMirrors
About the Artist
Leonardo Marini · 1730–1797
Leonardo Marini (1730–1797) was an Italian sculptor who worked principally in Rome during the later decades of the eighteenth century, contributing to the rich culture of sculptural production that flourished in the city during the age of Neoclassicism. Born in 1730, Marini trained within the Roman tradition of marble carving and decorative sculpture, absorbing the technical standards demanded by ...