Two Designs for Prison Doorway Erected by Pope Pius VI
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1790
name: label: Designer
content: Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Top: plain, rustic framing of an oblong opening. Cones stand on round pedestals before the bottom of the frame. On top are a frieze, intended for the inscription, cornices, and a base with two statues of prisoners. Bottom: a couped pyramid projecting from the wall contains the door opening. COrnices and a base, on top. Colored background. Verso: a sepia oblong.
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: 1938-88-1091
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: 18.3 x 10.1 cm (7 3/16 x 4 in.)