Drawing, Design for a Fountain with Pegasus, for the Villa Albani, Rome, ca. 1750 (CH 18113807-2)
Summary
A horse stands on naturalistic rocky arch with a shallow cascading fountain below that is flanked by park-like walls. A lion sits in left middle ground, while a man in lower right foreground looks upward at the arch. There are trees and low vegetation throughout the composition, which is framed by a ruled border of pen and brown ink on three sides.
Tags
Date
1600 - 1800
Source
Cooper–Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Copyright info
public domain