Sketch for Ceiling Decoration
16th century
Medium
Pen and brown ink
Dimensions
6-7/8 x 4-1/4 in. (17.5 x 10.8 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Cornelius Vanderbilt, 1880
Accession Number
80.3.570
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the intricate world of Renaissance design with this delicate *Sketch for Ceiling Decoration*, by an anonymous Italian artist in the 16 century. Rendered in pen and brown ink on a sheet measuring just 6-7/8 x 4-1/4 inches (17.5 x 10.8 cm), this drawing captures the essence of preparatory work for grand architectural embellishments. Housed in the Metropolitan Museum Art's Department of Drawings and Prints, was generously gifted by Cornelius Vanderbilt in 1880. In 16th-century Italy, during the height of the Renaissance, artists frequently produced such sketches to plan ornate ceiling ...