CC0: Released under Creative Commons Zero (CC0). Free for any use, including commercial, with no permission needed.
Courtesy of National Gallery of Art, Washington. No credit is required.
Download the full-resolution file (6,976 × 5,700 px)

Fantasy of an Ancient Capitol with Trophies and Grand Staircases

Pietro Gonzaga · 1751–1831

Maximum print size

59.2 × 48.3 cm · 23.3 × 19.0 in

at 300 DPI from the 6,976 × 5,700 px original. Comfortably fills a standard 16×20 inch frame.

Frame: 91.4 × 61.0 cm · 36.0 × 24.0 in
Mat opening: 59.2 × 48.3 cm · 23.3 × 19.0 in
Mat border, sides: 16.3 cm · 6.4 in
Mat border, top and bottom: 6.4 cm · 2.5 in

Colour palette

Download

Details

Date: c. 1800
Medium: pen and brown ink with brown wash on laid paper
Type: Drawing
Size: 44.9 × 54.2 cm · 17.7 × 21.3 in
Orientation: landscape
Collection: National Gallery of Art ↗

Works with a similar palette

The Valley of Wyoming

Jasper Francis Cropsey

A Gorge in the Mountains (Kauterskill Clove)

Sanford Robinson Gifford

Lake George

John Frederick Kensett

Queen Victoria

Thomas Sully

Painting

Tara

Whalers

Joseph Mallord William Turner

The Bather

Winslow Homer

Wildflowers

Ellen Robbins

More by Pietro Gonzaga

An Egyptian Stage Design

Pietro Gonzaga

Fantasy of a Great Hall with Basketweave Columns

Pietro Gonzaga

Fantasy of Magnificent Courtyards and Loggie with a Monumental Staircase

Pietro Gonzaga

Stage Design of an Ancient Roman Encampment by Night (recto)

Pietro Gonzaga

Architectural Fantasy on a Round Temple Enclosed with an Ambulatory (verso)

Pietro Gonzaga