Design for a Monument
Object Details
- Designer
- Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Obliquely shown from the left front corner. Three steps lead up to a square base of two sections. A circular pedetal stands upon it. It is shaped like a lower part of a fluted column and is surrounded by a band with a relief representing a sacrifice. On top is a woman, similar to that in 1938-88-1274, seated upon a crouching lion. The left hand lies upon his head. The stone parts which are connected by a bar are shown in front of the right side. Slightly colored background.
- Credit Line
- Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund
- ca. 1795
- Accession Number
- 1938-88-1277
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- architecture
- Object Name
- Drawing
- Type
- Drawing
- Medium
- Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, graphite on lined off-white laid paper
- Dimensions
- 27.7 x 20.3 cm (10 7/8 x 8 in.)
- made in
- Rome, 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_1938-88-1277
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4de6f87e8-6322-4efb-9c13-5c023431f821
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