Design for a Fountain with Pegasus, for the Villa Albani, Rome

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Object Details

Architect
Carlo Marchionni, Italian, 1702–1786
Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
A horse stands on naturalistic rocky arch with a shallow cascading fountain below that is flanked by park-like walls. A lion sits in left middle ground, while a man in lower right foreground looks upward at the arch. There are trees and low vegetation throughout the composition, which is framed by a ruled border of pen and brown ink on three sides.
Credit Line
Museum purchase through gift of various donors
ca. 1750
Accession Number
1901-39-2102
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Type
architecture
Object Name
Drawing
Type
Drawing
Medium
Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash, graphite on cream laid paper
Dimensions
31.9 x 35.1 cm (12 9/16 x 13 13/16 in.)
made in
Rome, Italy
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Record ID
chndm_1901-39-2102
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4b7ab98d7-317e-4dc4-b77f-fa8e17bb0941
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