Sepulchral monuments
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: At left and top right are two sketches for the monument for King Louis XVI of France. The sarcophagus stands upon a high pedestal at left, upon a sepulchral chamber at right. Bowls with flames stand at the corners of the platform; in each design, in the center, and partially drawn over the left design, a cinerary urn stands upon a column upon a platform, with candelabra at their usual places. Center, right, a sketch of two oblong pedestals upon the platforms. The upper part of the background discolored.
place: label: made in
content: Rome, Italy
setName: label: See more items in
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
label: See more items in
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: 1938-88-1280
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: 27.5 x 20 cm (10 13/16 x 7 7/8 in.)