Design for a Baptismal Font
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1775
name: label: Designer
content: Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: The bowl has a plan of a rectangle, the short sides of which are supported by half circles. It is supported by an octagonal base, consisting of a plinth and moldings, the main one being fluted. The bowl has a rededing neck, with a garland lying upon the shoulder, at te front, and hanging down as festoons. The lid has the shape of an octangonal, curved pyramid roof, with a cross on top. Below, in front of it, is a circular medallon with the representation of the baptism of Christ, laterally framed by two cornucopias, and with two cherubim above it. Usual 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: 1938-88-1410
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: 27.4 x 20 cm (10 13/16 x 7 7/8 in.)