Plan of a Tomb, Rome
Medium
Pen and brown ink, brush and light brown wash, traces of ruling in graphite
Dimensions
14-1/2 x 9-1/2 in. (36.8 x 24.1 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1960
Accession Number
60.632.52
About this artwork
This drawings exemplifies the artistic traditions of its period. Created 1710–27, it demonstrates the pen and brown ink, brush and light brown wash, traces of ruling in graphite technique characteristic of its era.
About the Artist
Pietro Paolo Coccetti (Cocchetti) · 1710–1727
Pietro Paolo Coccetti, also recorded as Cocchetti, was an Italian artist whose career was brief by any measure — the dates associated with him span only the years 1710 to 1727, suggesting either a very short life or a period of documented activity that represents only a fraction of his actual career. He worked within the Italian tradition of the eighteenth century, a period of great vitality in th...