Two Projects for Painted Decorations of Panels
date: label: Date
content: 1580–1590
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Vertical rectangle, one design above the other. the panels are pentagonal, the lower, right, upper, and topmost of the upper parts of the left edges are straight, the lower parts are convex. In the center of the upper design, half-figure of a winged woman, carrying on her head a vase with grapes. In her hands is a drapery festoon. Laterally are winged half-figures carrying vases on their heads. A bird sits on the lower rinceaux of the left figure. At upper right corner, a bird is supsended by a thread with a fish attached to it. In the lower design, two winged half-figures carry the frame of a gem. At the upper edge, a rinceau pediment with a vase sits between two birds. Drapery festoons along upper edges. Laterally are plant candelabra rising from a rinceau below.
place: label: made in
content: 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: 1938-88-2620
objectType: label: Type
content: ornament
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pen and ink, brush and grey watercolors on laid paper.
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 21.1 × 14.1 cm (8 5/16 × 5 9/16 in.)