Basin with a pavilion in a park
date: label: Date
content: 1780–1790
name: label: Designer
content: Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: The pavilion stands in the center of the large basin. It consists of a circular structure with an outer colonnade and an inner wall. Upon the entablature and in front of the tambour are statues. Another is on top of the dome. Projecting staircases lead to the colonnade, with figures standing upon pedestals at the front of the balustrades. Bridges lead to the st aircases, the one at left having three archves, the one at right four. The very ends of the basin are not visible. In front and behind the basin are free spaces. In front are various groups of men, three riders, and a dog. More people in the rear. The space at the back is bordered laterally by two oblique or curved rows of trees. A colonnade is seen in the c enter of the background. In the rear mountains and clouds.
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: 1938-88-1751
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 off-white laid paper, lined
label: Dimensions
content: Image: 19.9 x 27.5 cm (7 13/16 x 10 13/16 in.)