Design for a Tomb
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1795
name: label: Designer
content: Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: A variation of -1291 upper row left, without the upper part of the pedestal. The escutcheon is supported by two putti carrying trumpets; the left one is sitting, the right kneeling. In the center above is a bottle, shaped like urn with neck and rim, upon which sits a helmet. The woman at left carries a sword. The upper part of the architectural setting is not shown.
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: 1938-88-1261
objectType: label: Type
content: architecture
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 lined off-white laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: 23.8 x 18.4 cm (9 3/8 x 7 1/4 in.)