Design for a Domed Classical Temple with Portico
Object Details
- Architect
- Unknown, Italian
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Circular, domed temple in elevation and plan, with a portico and triangular pediment. Portico supported by Corinthian columns which also decorate the temple exterior. Frieze above door with siren whose double tail ends in rinceaux design; panels on either side of door with rinceaux or fish relief.
- Credit Line
- Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund
- ca. 1780
- Accession Number
- 1938-88-7159
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- architecture
- Object Name
- Drawing
- Type
- Drawing
- Medium
- Pen and brush and black ink, black wash, blue and brown watercolor, black chalk on heavy cream laid paper, ruled border in brush and black ink
- Dimensions
- 49.6 x 33.8 cm (19 1/2 x 13 5/16 in. )
- made in
- Italy
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Record ID
- chndm_1938-88-7159
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4d19b0676-e678-4767-81e6-e451611d6a5c
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