Funeral Decorations for 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: A variation of the sceheme of 1938-88-1301. The flames burn above roudn altars. There are more steps below the central part. The doorcase is laterally framed by pedestals, whose upper shorter parts are divided by mouldings from the lower ones. The front of the upper is decorated with a festoon. Upon them are sitting female allegories, and they support the pediment of a sarcophagus above the door. The round shaft of the upper pedestal rises without a base; it bears the inscription. On top is a variation of 1938-88-1309 with the right putto sitting upon the base.
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: 1938-88-1315
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 x 19.8 cm (10 5/8 x 7 13/16 in.)