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Agostino Mitelli
Eight Architectural Studies1600 - 1699

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Drawing in brown ink and wash on cream paper, sketch of an ornate cabinet or console with a decorative urn atop a pedestal and a sculpted female bust, with rococo scrollwork details
Pen and brown ink architectural study of a Corinthian capital and entablature detail, with scrolling volutes, a decorative urn finial, and fluted column shaft; rapid, confident line work on cream paper with a cursive inscription at lower right.
Pen and brown ink architectural sketch with loose, rapid strokes, depicting an ornate Baroque structure with a broken pediment, scrollwork, figurative reliefs, cherub at top, and a standing figure in a niche; cursive inscription at lower center.
Pen and brown ink architectural sketch on cream paper, rapid gestural lines depicting a colonnaded interior with a central arched niche, Corinthian capitals, and a curved entablature above, with foxing and creases visible on the sheet.
Pen and ink architectural sketch on cream paper, rapid brown ink lines depicting two classical structures: a pilastered wall with rectangular panels at left and a colonnaded portico with entablature at right.
Pen and ink architectural sketch on cream paper, depicting the upper section of a classical structure with a broken pediment, scrolled volutes, a reclining figure at the apex, a circular medallion with a portrait bust at right, and pilasters below; rapid, fluid brown ink lines over faint red chalk underdrawing.
Pen and ink architectural study of a classical column capital with entablature, drawn in brown ink with rapid, loose linework on cream paper, showing Corinthian-style acanthus leaf details and a cornice with scrollwork.
Pen and ink sketch on cream paper depicting architectural elements: columns, arched niches, and a draped cornice, rendered in light brown ink with rapid, exploratory line work.

Agostino Mitelli, Architectural Study, 1600 - 1699, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of the Estate of Ebria Feinblatt, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Agostino Mitelli
Title
Eight Architectural Studies
Place Made
Italy
Date Made
1600 - 1699
Medium
Pen and brown ink
Dimensions
Various measurements
Credit Line
Gift of the Estate of Ebria Feinblatt
Accession Number
M.90.189.3a-h
Classification
Drawings
Collecting Area
Prints and Drawings