# Design for a Ceiling [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [GOSSART, Jan]() - Date: 1501-1550 - Technique: Pen and brown ink, 239 x 467 mm ## Commentary This drawing on two separate pieces of paper laid down together on a modern mount, is one of Gossart's most accomplished graphic works. As indicated by the way of feet, arms, and drapery, the cross, and the column all overlap the border, this design of a coffered ceiling was almost certainly meant to be painted as a trompe-l'oeil decoration, maybe in grisaille. It is assumed that the design is related to Philip of Burgundy's renovation campaign at his castle in Wijk bij Duurstede. Gossart's design is closely related to <a onclick="return OpenOther\('/html/m/melozzo/loreto/0view1.html'\)" href="/html/m/melozzo/loreto/0view1.html">Melozzo da Forli's fresco</a> in the Sacristy of St Mark in the Basilica della Santa Casa, Loreto. ## Related artworks - [A Grotesque with Two Sirens]() - [A Man Holding a Glove]() - [A Reliquary]() - [A Women's Bath]() - [Adam Accuses Eve before God]() - [Adam and Eve \(detail\)]() - [Adam and Eve]() - [Adam and Eve]() - [Adam and Eve]() - [Adam and Eve]() - [Adam and Eve]() - [Agony in the Garden \(detail\)]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()