Design for the Interior of a Gallery of a Palace

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Artist: Leonardo Marini (Italian, Piedmontese documented ca. 1730–after 1797)
Date: 1760–97
Medium: Pen and black ink, brush with gray, yellow, green and pink watercolor, over black chalk or leadpoint; ruler and compass constructed
Dimensions: 11-5/8 x 17-5/16 in. (29.6 x 44 cm)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawings
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: Gift of Leon Dalva Sr., 1965
Accession no.: 65.654.15

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Leonardo Marini
1774–78 · Drawing
Museum collection · via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00020646
Design for One Eighth of a Ceiling of a Reception Room at the Royal Palace at Moncalieri
Leonardo Marini
1774–78 · Drawing
Museum collection · via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00020647
Design for a Ceiling
Leonardo Marini
1774–78 · Drawing
Museum collection · via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00020649
Design for a Stage Set: A Classical Courtyard and Colonnade with a Statue of Minerva
Leonardo Marini
1780–90 · Drawing
Museum collection · via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00020650

Data retrieved from the Metropolitan Museum of Art on October 9, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.