Design for an Illustration: "Architecture"

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Object Details

Artist
Fedele Fischetti, Italian, 1734 - 1789
Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Standing among remains of classical architecture, a woman points at a plan held by two putti. She carries instruments for measurement in her left hand. A third putto measures a capital. Bordering line.
Verso: fragment of a design; pencil, pen. Volutes are connected by intertwined bands.
Credit Line
Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund
1760–89
Accession Number
1938-88-6454
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Type
architecture
Object Name
Drawing
Type
Drawing
Medium
Brush and gray wash on cream laid paper, ruled border in pen and black ink
Dimensions
10.1 x 6.8 cm (4 x 2 11/16 in.)
made in
Italy
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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Record ID
chndm_1938-88-6454
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4a8dcec56-f19f-40b4-ac4a-cd4e6f5ec5a1
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