Plate in Nouveaux livres de peintures de salles et d’escaliers (New Books on Paintings for Rooms and Stairs)
Interior of a colonnaded atrium with oculus, with stairs leading below. It is decorated with classical reliefs and sculpture. Angels on clouds float above architecture.
Credit: Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund
c. 1700
Etching and engraving on white laid paper
1988-4-36
Image and text © Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, 2020
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