Two Bell Towers
date: label: Date
content: 1775
name: label: Architect
content: Giuseppe Valadier, Italian, 1762–1839
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: At left: the first story with the door and an inscription above it is flanked by two pylons. The second has a window in the shape of a semi-circle between two pillars, the third consists of two lateral obelisks, and in the center a base and the part with the dial. Then the open part with two bells, one above the other, and the topping obelisk. At right is a neighbouring structure, indicated. At right: part of a structure with triangular pediment is sketched. On reverse is written the address: "All' Illmo Sigr Cave Giuseppe Valadier Arch/de SS. PP. AA." The letter was sealed with a partly missing seal, with the coat of arms created by Pope Gregory XVI (1831-1846) as it unites the papal coat of arms with his own.
place: label: Place
content: Rome, Italy
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: 1938-88-1169
objectType: label: Type
content: architecture
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Graphite, gray wash Support: laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: Mat: 55.9 x 40.6 cm (22 x 16 in.)