An Architectural Capriccio by Luc Vincent Thiery de Sainte Colombe

Brown ink drawing of an imaginary classical architectural scene with a colonnaded staircase, domes, a column and figures.

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An Architectural Capriccio, Luc Vincent Thiery de Sainte Colombe (ca. 1772), The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Via artnap.com

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An ink and brown wash drawing shows an imaginary classical cityscape with a broad colonnaded staircase, domed pavilions, and a tall column topped by a statue. Small figures stroll and sit on the steps, and a relief panel appears at the right edge. The work is catalogued as An Architectural Capriccio by Luc Vincent Thiery de Sainte Colombe, ca. 1772, in The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Date

ca. 1772

Medium

Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash

Museum

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

License

CC0

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Drawings & Sketches