Interior Ornamented Wall with Windows and Pier-Glasses, nos. 267–273, plate 47 from "Designs for Various Ornaments"
February 27, 1784
Medium
Etching and watercolor
Dimensions
Plate: 17 5/8 × 10 5/8 in. (44.7 × 27 cm) Sheet: 21 1/4 × 14 3/4 in. (54 × 37.5 cm)
Classification
Prints|Ornament & Architecture
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Herbert Mitchell, 2008
Accession Number
2018.839.32
Tags
About the Artist
Michelangelo Pergolesi · 1760–1801
Michelangelo Pergolesi (1760–1801) was an Italian decorative artist, draughtsman, engraver, and designer whose career bridged Rome and London, profoundly influencing neoclassical interiors during the late 18th century. Little is known of his early life or formal training, with biographical details sparsely documented. Likely inspired by classical antiquity and the era's archaeological fervor, incl...