Design for a Triumphal Arch in Honor of the Polish General Skrzynecki
date: label: Date
content: 1831
name: label: Artist
content: Josef Georg Kornhäusel, Austrian, 1782 - 1860
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Horizontal format architectural design for a triumphal arch, an opening through which a group of captives, a figure of a Polish general, and troops are visible. In front of the lateral parts are pilaster strips, decorated below an entablature with wreaths between two eagles and above swords containing the letter "S." Trophies of arms are above the entablature. In the center of the main frieze is the name: SKRZINECKI. In an attic, laterally are two reliefs with battle scenes, and a tablet with a Polish inscription in the center. A date is indicated in the fourth line, reading probably: ADMCXXXI
place: label: made in
content: Vienna, Austria
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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 from the Mary Hearn Greims Fund
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1940-21-4
objectType: label: Type
content: architecture
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Brush and watercolor, pen and ink, graphite on blue paper
label: Dimensions
content: 48.9 × 69 cm (19 1/4 × 27 3/16 in.)