Design for the North Portal, Grand Gallery, Villa Albani, Rome, Italy
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1755
name: label: Artist
content: Carlo Marchionni, Italian, 1702–1786
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: The doorway is flanked by two pilasters with dolphins supporting festoons at capitals. An entablature with a frieze and a semi-circular window above it are outlined at the top of the drawing. Above doorway molding is a classical frieze with a scene of sacrifice. Seated griffins appear on either side of the frieze. Above this is a lower entablature surmounted by an eagle. Several people and two dogs stand in and around the doorway.
place: label: made in
content: Rome, Italy
label: place depicted
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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1901-39-2178
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, gray wash, graphite on cream laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: 41.7 x 28.9 cm (16 7/16 x 11 3/8 in.)