Garden and Villa

Gwneuthurwr anhysbys

A two-winged staircase, with a stone-covered court with a fountain in the center is leading to an upper terrace, where two colonnades are the conjunction to the main building. At their ends next to the staircase, small circular buildings are upon their roofs, indicating a third level where cypresses stand. Clouds indicated.

Credit: Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund

1650-1700

Pen and brown ink, green, brown wash, black chalk, ruled border in pen and brown Support: white laid paper

1938-88-3759

Image and text © Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, 2020