Design for a Classical Temple with a Tempietto and Semicircular Aedicule
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1780
name: label: Architect
content: Unknown, Italian
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: A circular domed temple, in plan and elevation, with four short wings and porticos on the axes. Between the wings two columns resting on high base support an entablature above which,and aligned with the colums, are standing figures. The round building sits inside a semi-circular two-storied structure with matching double columns and figures on the facade depicted.
place: label: made in
content: 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: 1938-88-7158
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 brush and black ink, gray wash, blue and brown watercolor, black chalk on heavy cream laid paper, double ruled border in pen and brush and black ink
label: Dimensions
content: 51.4 x 36.7 cm (20 1/4 x 14 7/16 in. )