Stage Design for a Domed Temple Interior with a Sun Disk above the Altar

1780

Josef Ignáz Platzer

Associated Names
Josef Ignáz Platzer

Artist, Austrian, 1751 - 1806

This is a drawing of an intricately designed pavilion with columns supporting an octagonal dome. The interior features detailed ceiling panels and a central wheel-like structure. The pillars are adorned with elaborate designs and the drawing conveys a sense of depth and grandeur through perspective, light, and shadow.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and brown and gray ink with wash and watercolor over graphite on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Professor William B. O'Neal Fund

  • Dimensions

    overall: 32 x 39 cm (12 5/8 x 15 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2006.98.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Ralph R. Haugwitz, Berlin); purchased 2006 by NGA.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

recto: graphite calculations; verso: graphite architectural sketch

Wikidata ID

Q64591091

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