Design for a Wall Decoration with Apollo and the Muses, a Figure of Astronomy, and the Coat-of-Arms of a Grand Duke of Tuscany as Grand Master of the Order of Santo Stefano

Marco Marchetti (Marco da Faenza)

1561–88 · Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash over traces of black chalk · Drawings and Prints

Design for a wall elevation with a fireplace and door opening. Over the fireplace is a panel with Apollo and the Muses and over the door frame a sculpted coat-of-arms of the Grand Duke of Tuscany as Grand Master of the Order of Santo Stefano. In between, the personification of Astronomy is depicted in a niche, a decoration that was most likely meant to be executed in fresco.

Artist

Marco Marchetti (Marco da Faenza)

Date

1561–88

Medium

Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash over traces of black chalk

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund and Edward Pearce Casey Fund, 2014