Fountain and a mausoleum
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: Top right: the mausoleum. Steps lead up to the portal of a circular structure wit ha dome. The portal has the shape of a triumphal arch. An urn, flanked by crouching figures, is shown on top. Small conical structures project laterally from the main structure. They are topped by rostral columns. Bottom: the fountain. It consists of a central circular pavilion of two stories which is flanked by basins with springing water. A platform with indistinct motifs at the corners serves as a base. Pen scratches. "No 66" is written vertically in the upper right corner.
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: 1938-88-1176
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 on off-white laid paper, lined
label: Dimensions
content: Image: 18.7 x 26.9 cm (7 3/8 x 10 9/16 in.)