A Coffered Dome with Apollo and Phaeton
c. 1787
Artist, Italian, 1758 - 1823

Artwork overview
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Medium
pen and brown ink with gray, blue, and pink washes over black chalk on wove paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 34.9 x 27 cm (13 3/4 x 10 5/8 in.)
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Accession
1991.81.1
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(Yvonne tan Bunzi); acquired 1991 by NGA.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1994
Fanciful Flourishes: Ornament in European Graphic Art and Related Objects, 1300-1800, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994.
2023
Looking Up: Studies for Ceilings, 1550-1800, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2023.
Bibliography
1990
Bunzi, Yvonne tan and Kate de Rothschild, Master Drawings. London, 1990: 22.
Inscriptions
below image, lower center in brown ink: Soffitto; lower left verso in graphite: 493858
Wikidata ID
Q64561246