Atrium of a Church to be Dedicated to St. George
date: label: Date
content: 18th century
name: label: Architect
content: Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: The approach to the church at center is flanked by pairs of pyramids connected by walls, each of them containing three niches with cinerary urns. Similar walls below the lower lateral parts of the facade of the church. A portico with six Doric columns stands in front of the main structure. The plan of the church is octagonal. Steps lead to a circular colonnade from which the dome rises. The front of the Church is inscribed: "DIVI. S. GIORGVS." "ISP" continues the inscription to the right. Steps lead to the church. In the foreground at the foot of the steps are four altars.
place: label: made in
content: 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: 1938-88-1135
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, graphite on off-white laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: Image: 31.4 x 50.5 cm (12 3/8 x 19 7/8 in.)