3892 - Italy, 17th century.

Italy, 17th century. Wall elevation. Italy, 17th century. Pen in brown, washed in blue, watercolored in red and green, on laid paper. 32.5 x 28.7 cm. Crease at the lower right. Remnants of old glue marks on the reverse at the corners. The sheet depicts the wall elevation of a sacred, domed room, the exact purpose of which is not apparent. Between two side pilasters, the wall opens into a barrel-vaulted niche with side entrances and, in the center, a grand portal with a passageway behind it.