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: On top a variation of -1846, bottom left. Bearded hermae with capitals are the supports. The portrait of the Pope is to hang at the entablature. A torch is the support of the lower frames. Bottom partly drawn over the supports of the upper design: a variation of the scheme of 1901-39-1447. The top of the upper frame is flanked by tassels, hanging from the keys. The lower portraits are oblongs which are not separated. They are supported by two crossed cornucopias. Putti are shown behind the outer upper corners of the frames. 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: 1938-88-1847
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: 27.6 x 20.3 cm (10 7/8 x 8 in.)