This image is in the public domain (free of copyright restrictions), and as such we offer a high-resolution image of it. See our image rights statement.

 

See more objects with the color rosybrown grey or see all the colors for this object.

Object Timeline

1901

  • We acquired this object.

1991

2015

2024

  • You found it!

Drawing, Africa, Design for a Pendentive in the Baptismal Vestibule of St. Peter’s, Rome

This is a Drawing. It was created by Francesco Trevisani. It is dated 1713–26 and we acquired it in 1901. Its medium is pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, white gouache, traces of black chalk on white laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase through gift of various donors.

Its dimensions are

26.1 x 33.2 cm (10 1/4 x 13 1/16 in.) Mat: 45.7 x 35.6 cm (18 x 14 in.)

It is inscribed

in pen and brown ink, lower right: Trevisani; in graphite, lower left: Piancastelli [---] CB [---]125; in black chalk, verso: Ricalino Liniore / 291/ z/ 2; in pen and brown ink, verso: 20 23

Cite this object as

Drawing, Africa, Design for a Pendentive in the Baptismal Vestibule of St. Peter’s, Rome; Francesco Trevisani (Italian, 1656 - 1746); Italy; pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, white gouache, traces of black chalk on white laid paper; 26.1 x 33.2 cm (10 1/4 x 13 1/16 in.) Mat: 45.7 x 35.6 cm (18 x 14 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors; 1901-39-1699

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition The Cooper-Hewitt Collections: A Design Resource.

This image is in the public domain (free of copyright restrictions). You can copy, modify, and distribute this work without contacting the Smithsonian. For more information, visit the Smithsonian’s Terms of Use page.

If you would like to cite this object in a Wikipedia article please use the following template:

<ref name=CH>{{cite web |url=https://collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18110897/ |title=Drawing, Africa, Design for a Pendentive in the Baptismal Vestibule of St. Peter’s, Rome |author=Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum |accessdate=26 April 2024 |publisher=Smithsonian Institution}}</ref>