Section of a Country Villa
ca. 1820
Classification
architecture
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund
Accession Number
1938-88-7168
About this artwork
Research in Progress
Art Historical Context
### Section of a Country Villa Step into the elegant world of early 19th-century Italian architecture with *Section of a Country Villa*, a captivating artwork from around 1820 now housed in the Smithsonian American Museum. Created by an Italian artist, this piece falls under the architecture classification and offers a rare glimpse into the design of rural estates. A "section" view—common in architectural drafting—likely reveals the villa's interior structure, from grand ceilings to intimate living spaces, highlighting the harmony between human habitation and the natural landscape that define...