Design for a Fountain
date: label: Date
content: mid- 17th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Vertical rectangle. A basin is supported by a round pedestal, rising from among stones. In it stands a child, carrying upon the head and with the hands a shell. The water springs there, and pours from masks at the shaft of the pedestal. In the upper right corner is a part of sketch of a child. Verso: sketch of a flying child carrying an object.
place: label: made in
content: Bologna, 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: 1938-88-553
objectType: label: Type
content: sculpture
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 blue wash on off-white laid paper; verso: red crayon
label: Dimensions
content: 15.4 × 7.3 cm (6 1/16 × 2 7/8 in.)