Title: Design for an Egyptian Obelisk with Fountain for Pope Pius VI
Object type: Drawing Ornament & Architecture
Date: ca. 1788
Artist:  Giovanni Stern 
Artist bio: Italian, San Maurizio 1794–1851 Milan
Artist nationality: Italian
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Pen and dark brown ink, brush and blue, gray and brown wash, over preliminary traces in graphite
Dimensions: 29 3/4 x 20 1/2 in. (75.6 x 52 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit line: Bequest of Herbert Mitchell, 2008
Department: Drawings and Prints
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Obelisks