Façade of Palace decorated for the Marriage of the King of Naples to the Archduchess of Austria
Luigi Vanvitelli
1700–1773
Medium
Pen and black-gray ink, brush and gray wash, over freehand underdrawing in graphite and compass and ruled construction lines in graphite
Dimensions
12-1/2 x 18-9/16 in. (31.8 x 47.1 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1964
Accession Number
64.669.6
Tags
PalacesArchitecture
About the Artist
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