Decorative Motifs
date: label: Date
content: 1810
name: label: Designer
content: Romolo Achille Liverani, Italian, 1809 - 1872
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Horizontal rectangle. Left row: above, the right side of the statue of a displayed eagle supporting a bust with the point of his wing. Center: two satyrs supporting a bowl or a table. Below: graphite sketch of a siren and a sphinx. Second row: above, a lion, recumbent, upon a base. Below, a monument: a bust with a garland, standing upon a high pedestal upon the steps; below are the tools of a painter, and a lyre. Central row, above: below a light glory stands an urn with the inscription: "D. M M / T TASSO / 1595," in front of a lowered torch crossed by a scythe with a laurel wreath. Attributes of fame and poetry are on the ground. Below is a cloth with the inscription, first written in graphite, then written over it in ink: "QUAM RAPUIT INVIDA MORS / RESTITUTA." Center: a sarcophagus. Below: at left a pitcher in the shape of a sitting bearded man with a tail as a handle; at right: a pedestal supported by four crouching animals, decorated with a bird above a festoon. Fourth row: a threatrical mask. Fifth and sixth row: above, two Venus statues; below, another one kneeling, and the representation of a fight between one man with a sword and men partly covered by stones.
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: 1938-88-516
objectType: label: Type
content: sculpture
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pen and ink, brush and gray watercolor, graphite on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 20.8 × 32.9 cm (8 3/16 × 12 15/16 in.)