Frame and chandelier; male portrait bust
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: The right side is shown. On top of an ovoidal frame are an eagle and a garland. beside it stands an eagle with displayed wings; it carries a laurel branch in the mouth. Above it sits a child upon what probably is a neck. Bottom row: at left, a child sits upon a pedestal and carries a tree with four candles standing upon branches. Center left: sketch for the ovoidal frame. Center right: sketch for a socket with a candle. At right: bust of a man with opened mouth, shown in profile, turned toward left. Below it is a small indistinct sketch.
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: 1938-88-1929
objectType: label: Type
content: metalwork
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 off-white laid paper, lined
label: Dimensions
content: Image: 25.8 x 19.1 cm (10 3/16 x 7 1/2 in.)