Design for the Right Side of a Door with Pediment and Fluted Pilasters
17th century
Medium
Point of brush and gray ink, brush and gray wash, over graphite underdrawing and ruled construction
Dimensions
sheet: 8 3/4 x 3 3/8 in. (22.2 x 8.5 cm)
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
52.570.131
Tags
Art Historical Context
This delicate 17th-century Italian drawing, created by an anonymous artist, presents a precise design for the right side of a door featuring a classical pediment and fluted pilasters. Measuring just 8 3/4 x 3 3/8 inches, it exemplifies the meticulous preparatory sketches used by architects and designers during Italy's Baroque era, when opulent palaces and churches demanded intricate ornamental details. Housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Elisha Whittelsey Collection, it highlights the era's fascination with symmetry and grandeur, drawing from ancient Roman motifs to elevate everyday arc...