Design for a Sepulchral Monument to King Louis XVI of France
date: label: Date
content: 1793
name: label: Artist
content: Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809
label: Dedicatee
content: Louis XVI, King of France
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: A variation of 1938-88-1301. The flames burn in candelabra. One festoon is above the door frame, the entablature being without supports. The triangular pediment has the width of the entire projecting front, the plan being cross-like. A trophy is in it. The pedestal has the shape of the lower part of a column, which is surrouded by a band with the inscription. Above the upper edge are three acroteria. Above two steps stands a figure.
place: label: made in
content: Rome, Italy
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1938-88-1303
objectType: label: Type
content: architecture
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on lined off-white laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: 27.6 x 20 cm (10 7/8 x 7 7/8 in.)