Sala del Thorvaldsen, Rome
date: label: Date
content: 1845
name: label: Artist
content: Franz Heinrich, German, 1802–1890
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: The plaster frieze running around the upper walls depicts Thorvaldsen's relief of Alexander the Great's Triumphal Entry into Babylon, commissioned by Napoleon in 1812 for the throne room of the Quirinal Palace in Rome. The coffered ceiling is decorated with carved roundels interspersed with octagonal paintings; in addition, a large painting occupies the center. The walls are hung with crimson brocade and the windows with dark green silk. A red and gold tester, hung with a red velvet curtain, serves as backdrop to a red-skirted table trimmed with gold braid; a black cross sits on the table. A tall painting of a seated religious figure is placed above a marble chimneypiece. The marble floor is designed in a geometric pattern.
place: label: place depicted
content: Rome, Italy
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: Thaw Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2007-27-36
objectType: label: Type
content: interiors
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Brush and watercolor, white gouache, pen and brown ink, graphite on heavy white paper
label: Dimensions
content: Frame: 44.8 × 60.3 × 2.5 cm (17 5/8 × 23 3/4 × 1 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: 27.5 × 33.5 cm (10 13/16 × 13 3/16 in.)