Decoration for the marriage of Prince Paluzzo Altieri.
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: Left row: the three frames are surrounded by two crossed branches. The curtains hang from a pole. Center: in the general shape of an altar with gaines having masks in capitals supporting the entablature. A flower bowl and spirals are on top. The three portraits are supported by crossed branches. Bottom: the portraits hang in front of the tent-curtain. They are connected by ropes or garlands. The lower ones are supported by half-figures standing with their fishtail legs upon a pedestal. Only the left figure is shown. At right the left side is shown. A curtain is suspended in front of an angular niche. In front of it is in the center above an ovoidal frame which two winged half-figures of putti support who spring from the ends of rinceaux. Festoons hang from the frame to blossoms at the ends of spirals. From the blossoms hang ovoidal medallions; in the left one the half-figure of a bearded warrior is shown. Colored 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: 1938-88-1849
objectType: label: Type
content: graphic design
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 off-white laid paper, lined
label: Dimensions
content: Image: 24.5 x 18.8 cm (9 5/8 x 7 3/8 in.)