Three Designs for the Elevation of a Sepulchral Monument
date: label: Date
content: 1746-1809
name: label: Designer
content: Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: At left: A couped obelisk rises from a sarcophagus which stands upon a circular pedestal, surrounded by a band with relief figures. Center: A couped obelisk rises from a sarcophagus which is supported by two crouching lions. At right animals crouch radially upon a circular pedestal with a relief band. An urn rises in the center. Intended, as evidently others tho, to stand at the corners of a platform, the wall being shown. Colored background.
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: 1938-88-1275
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: 14.5 x 21.1 cm (5 11/16 x 8 5/16 in.)