Design for the Egyptian Room, Palazzo Nuovo, Rome, Italy
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1745
name: label: Designer
content: Ferdinando Fuga, Italian, 1699 - 1781
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Elevation view of a design for niches for Egyptian statues in the Palazzo Nuovo al Campidoglio in Rome, Italy. At left, elevation view of four sculptures standing on plinths within arched niches. Below each is a rectangular pediment decorated with garland. At right is a detailed view of such a pediment with a sculpture of an alligator or crocodile on top. Scale below.
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: 1938-88-3374
objectType: label: Type
content: architecture, interiors
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pen and ink, brush and gray wash on paper