Designs for Roman Arms and Other Classical Motifs

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Object Details

Designer
Romolo Achille Liverani, Italian, 1809 - 1872
Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Horizontal rectangle. Upper row: three shields, four legionary signs, a sword, a caduceus, a torch, a halberd. Lower row: four legionary signs, a rostral column, a gallery, fasces, two siege machines, a ram's head. Verso: some brush sketching of plants.
Credit Line
Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund
ca. 1840
Accession Number
1938-88-515
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Type
classicism
Object Name
Drawing
Type
Drawing
Medium
Pen and black ink, brush and bistre wash, gray watercolor, graphite on paper
Dimensions
H x W: 20.7 × 32.9 cm (8 1/8 × 12 15/16 in.)
made in
Italy
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Record ID
chndm_1938-88-515
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq43a122111-5e7b-47ec-9dda-1289a4d7591d
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