Design for One Eighth of a Ceiling of a Reception Room at the Royal Palace at Moncalieri
Leonardo Marini
1774–78
Medium
Black chalk or leadpoint; ruler and compass constructed
Dimensions
13-9/16 x 19-13/16 in. (34.4 x 50.3 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Leon Dalva Sr., 1965
Accession Number
65.654.13
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 ...