Design for a fountain
date: label: Date
content: 1787–88
name: label: Architect
content: Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Four putti sit upon a circular pedestal, supporting the upper basin on their heads and raised hands. Two dolphins with raised and entwined tails are in the center if the upper basin. Out of the dolphins' tails, water springs up and flows down into the top and bottom basins. Below, the rim of the lower basin is lightly sketched.
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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1901-39-2103
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 cream laid paper, lined
label: Dimensions
content: 19.9 x 14.3 cm (7 13/16 x 5 5/8 in.)