Designer:

Giuseppe Valadier, Italian, 1762–1839  Search this

Medium:

Pen and bistre ink on gray-brown paper

Dimensions:

44.1 × 29.6 cm (17 3/8 × 11 5/8 in.)

Type:

architecture

Drawing

Object Name:

Drawing

Made in:

Italy

Date:

ca. 1800–20

Catalogue Status:

Research in Progress

Description:

Sheet of architectural sketches, including stage designs. One side, below: a market place. Center: a polygonal room with a cupola. Above, in opposite direction: the stage is bordered by the outskirts of a fortified town. Other side, below at left: a gate as a sidewing. At right: a hall with a monument at its center. Center, in opposite direction: interior of a fortress with stairs leading to a tower bridge. Below, at right, a plan.

Credit Line:

Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund

Accession Number:

1938-88-1670

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/kq4a02cea1b-dfb5-4592-ae96-5481d0a62c55

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:chndm_1938-88-1670