Campanile of Palazzo Vecchio and Details of Ironwork, Florence
date: label: Date
content: November 16, 1888
name: label: Artist
content: Whitney Warren Jr., American, 1864–1943
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Vertical sheet with many small sketches of ironwork, architectural details and, the largest of the sketches, a view of the campanile of the Palazzo Vecchio as seen from the back or side. Many of the drawings for ironwork are reddish-gray, as if to indicate rust or patina. Two types of ironwork (possibly used for hitching a horse?) are shown from the front and in profile There is another small ring at upper right shown in a three-quarter view and also from the side. Many of the sketches bear notations about their scale.
place: label: made in
content: Florence, 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: Gift of Mrs. William Greenough
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1943-51-159
objectType: label: Type
content: architecture
label: Object Name
content: Album page
label: Type
content: Album page
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Brush and watercolor, graphite on thick cream wove paper tipped into binding with fabric
label: Dimensions
content: 31.2 x 23.9 cm (12 5/16 x 9 7/16 in.), irregular