Artwork
Ceiling Fragment
Ceiling Fragment is an unspecified painting by Unknown. It dates from 1850 and is held in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
About this work
Overview
This painting is a fragment of a larger decorative work, featuring a geometric pattern of star-like shapes and diamonds in bold, flat colors.
Subject & Meaning
The design is symmetrical, with repeating patterns of blue, orange, and green lines forming star shapes around central circles, surrounded by a border of red and white diamonds.
Technique & Style
The colors are applied without shading, creating a graphic effect that makes the patterns stand out against the plain background.
Artist & collection
Domestic Scene
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The Nymph of Fontainebleau
Portrait of a Woman
Madonna and Child with Saints in the Enclosed Garden
Venus and Minerva
Family Group of Four on Sofa
Wall painting from Room H of the Villa of P. Fannius Synistor at Boscoreale
Ceiling Pattern, Tomb of Qenamun
Ceiling Pattern, Tomb of Qenamun
An Ornate Ceiling with an Allegory of Spring
Αρχοντικό Εμμανουήλ, Καστοριά
Eight Ceiling Patterns, Tomb of Nebamun and Ipuky
Untitled
Untitled
Two Fragments of Ceiling Patterns, Tomb of Senenmut
Pietra-dura inlay work on the side of the cenotaph of Shah Jahan, Taj Mahal, Agra.
Ornamental design