Design for Right Half of a Door Frame
date: label: Date
content: 1700–30
name: label: Designer
content: A. Quadrío, Italian, active 18th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Vertical format design for the right half of a door frame. An arch is supported by pilasters, one of which stands in front of a wall. A harpy, shown in profile, sits on a pedestal in front of it. The lateral part of the frame is somewhat projecting. The figure of an allegorical woman, with a bird upon her head, a cornucopia in her left arm, and a trophy of arms, in which a crown is included, in her right arm. Above an escutcheon, with a hand and a torch. The caption "Vine Div." In the wedge beside the arch is an indistinct royal coat of arms. A bearded firgure, standing, upon the corner of the attic, with a mace and an open book. The pediment has a pedestal, in front of which is an escutcheon. A figure of a putto sits upon a cornice. On top, standing, the figure of a girl, and a lamb beside her. Two framing lines, except at left.
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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: 1940-21-35-1
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 ink, brush and wash on blue-gray paper
label: Dimensions
content: 53.2 × 17.9 cm (20 15/16 × 7 1/16 in.)