Architectural Sketch for the design of a Wall with Doorway, with two smaller sketches for the design of windows or doorways (recto); Sketches for a plan and partial perspective view of ceiling (verso)

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

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Artist: Luigi Vanvitelli (Italian, Naples 1700–1773 Caserta)
Date: 1700–1773
Medium: Graphite partly reworked with pen and black ink and brush and black ink and ruled construction lines in graphite (recto); graphite (verso)
Dimensions: 11 x 16-11/16 in. (27.9 x 42.4 cm)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawings
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: Gift of Donald Oenslager, 1965
Accession no.: 65.536.4

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