A Monumental Vaulted Hall with a Smoking Altar

1813/1814

Luigi Tasca

Associated Names
Luigi Tasca

Artist, Italian, active 1813 - 1814

The image shows an architectural scene with columns and arches, leading the viewer's gaze towards a source of light at the end of the structure. The precise and linear brushstrokes highlight the architectural details. The color palette is sepia tones, giving the artwork a historic quality. Statues are positioned atop columns, and shadows and light play across the vaulted ceilings.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and ink with wash over graphite

  • Credit Line

    William B. O'Neal Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 32.3 x 44.4 cm (12 11/16 x 17 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2011.122.2

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(D&R Blissett, Hampshire, UK); purchased 2011 by NGA

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2014

  • From Neoclassicism to Futurism: Italian Prints and Drawings, 1800- 1925, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2014 - 2015.

Inscriptions

by later hand, along lower margin in brown ink, Luigi Tasca [undecipherable]/Disegno originale di Luigi Tasca. Veneziano celebre scenografo

Watermarks

escutcheon

Wikidata ID

Q64594389

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