Monument of King Louis XVI of France
date: label: Date
content: 1793
name: label: Designer
content: Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Intended for the same place as 1938-88-1292. Below is a pedestal, whose front is in the main part decorated with an escutcheon in front of a trophy of weapons, and which is covered by a fringed cloth, which is held up by two putti. Above stands a sarcophagus, whose body has the shape of a trapezium, with a relief framed by mouldings. Upon the cover sit two female allegories and support a medallion with a bust portrait, and a crown on top. The entablature is outlined.
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: 1938-88-1295
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 17.6 cm (10 11/16 x 6 15/16 in.)