Elevations of a Mausoleum
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: an obelisk raises upon a pedestal above a Doric temple front. Three doorways lead into the interior of the building which is flanked by colonnades. Shown is somewhat more than the right part of the structure. The measurements for the widths are indicated. Bottom: A similar structure as above stands upon a platform, and the building, in turn, stands upon a platform of the height of the entablatures of the colonnades. Pyramids flank the structure. Somewhat more than the right part is shown.
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: 1938-88-1156
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: 20.2 x 20.8 cm (7 15/16 x 8 3/16 in.)