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Palazzo Farnese

Nicolas Beatrizet

1549

ink

From the collection of National Gallery of Art

Renaissance Renaissance Architectural

Dominant colour

Palazzo Farnese is a 1549 ink by Nicolas Beatrizet, a Renaissance work, held at National Gallery of Art.

Who painted this?: Nicolas Beatrizet
When & what style?: 1549 · Renaissance
Where can I see it?: National Gallery of Art

About this work

This image shows a tall, symmetrical building drawn in black and white. The front has three floors of evenly spaced windows, each framed by stone. A balcony runs along the middle floor, and the roof has a simple, flat edge. The ground is marked with a clean grid of tiles. The drawing is a detailed record of a real building, not an artist’s imagination. Every line looks precise, like it was made to show how the structure was built. If you like this kind of drawing, look up engraving to see how artists carved these lines into metal.