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Designer:
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809  Search this
Medium:
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper
Dimensions:
Image: 16.7 x 22.4 cm (6 9/16 x 8 13/16 in.)
Type:
metalwork
Drawing
Object Name:
Drawing
Made in:
Rome, Italy
Date:
ca. 1795
Catalogue Status:
Research in Progress
Description:
A circular pavilion stands in the center of the basin into which water pours from the mouths of two lions upon pedestals. The wall of the pavilion consists of trellis work and statues standing upon a dado between the columns. The lion, left, is drawn over part of preparatory sketch of the pavilion. The background is colored. On verso: top row, left: a sketch resembling a spade. Second row: sketch for a colonnade and two sketches of pavilions (probably cafeauses). A fountain with a column and two figures, recumbent, beside it. Part of a lion upon a pedestal. Third row: two plans. A colonnade above which a statue of Hercules rises. Two sketches for the pedestal and the colonnade. Bottom row: an obelisk rising from a colonnade. A colonnade. A figure. Part of a plan. Some writing in ink, vertically: "Sige", ibn the upper right corner: "Per que…" "Dirò due cose (?)."
Credit Line:
Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund
Accession Number:
1938-88-1756
Restrictions & Rights:
CC0
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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
Data Source:
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq40fa684f7-df96-4d62-b0ef-1ea1bfb186ae
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:chndm_1938-88-1756