Project for a monument for Foro Bonaparte, Milan, 1800
date: label: Date
content: 1810-1820
name: label: Artist
content: Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Vertical rectangle. Very large. Steps lead to the round base, the lower part of which is not decorated; some inscriptions. The central part has a smaller diameter. Above a strip with inscription is a frieze with trophies of weapons between female genii. The cornice of the entablature has the same diameter as the lower parts. The statue of the Roman emperor stands on two round stockles. At right, in the background, a wall; at left a fortress. Clouds. On the steps, two persons, standing, and one recumbent. Cf. 1938-88-4106
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: 1938-88-4105
objectType: label: Type
content: architecture
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pencil, pen, and black ink; gray wash watercolor. Paper.
label: Dimensions
content: Sheet: 25.2 x 18.7 cm (9 15/16 x 7 3/8 in.)