Design for Three Tomb Monuments
date: label: Date
content: 1795
name: label: Designer
content: Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Upper row, at left: the architectural setting is imilar to 1938-88-1296, the entablature not being indicated. The monument is a variation of 1938-88-1298, left row above. Two putti sit upon the cover of the sarcophagus. A woman sits upon the upper edge of a drapery covering part of the lower part of the pedestal. At right: the architectural setting with the canopy and the scheme of the monument are similar to 1938-88-1292, left. At the front, the sarcophagus is supported by feet. The front of the body is a trapezium containing a relief. Upon the cover sit two figures supporting an escutcheon with a crown. Female allegories are sitting upon steps similar to the design at left. On top, upon a seat similar to 1938-88-1352, sits a crowned woman. Lower row, horizontally. The setting with the canopy is similar to that above, at right. In the center, in front of the entablature, is a cresting motif. The scheme of the monument proper is similar to that above, at left.
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: 1938-88-1064
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 lined off-white laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: 27.1 x 20.2 cm (10 11/16 x 7 15/16 in.)