Project for an Epitaph in High Relief
Medium
architecture
Classification
architecture
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Museum purchase through gift of various donors
Accession Number
1901-39-262
About this artwork
Research in Progress
Art Historical Context
**Project for an Epitaph in High Relief by Vincenzo Gajassi (1–1861), an Italian architect active in the early 19th century, to around 1840. Acquired by the Smithsonian American Art Museum generous donor gifts, this architectural project reflects the era's fascination with monumental commemoration. Gajassi, working in a period bridging Neoclassicism and emerging Romantic sensibilities, specialized in designs that blended sculpture and architecture, as seen in this proposal for a high-reliefaph—a raised, three-dimensional sculptural panel intended for a tomb or memorial. High relief, or *alto ...