Doorway of San Salvatore in Lauro with Decoration for the Funeral of King Frederick August III of Poland, Rome, Italy
date: label: Date
content: 1763–64
name: label: Designer
content: Carlo Marchionni, Italian, 1702–1786
notes: label: Description
content: Design for a doorway with figures and dogs. Upon pediment the royal coat of arms. At left, allegorical figure of History or Fame, a winged female with a trumpet, tries to drive away Time, a woman with a skull-like face, who holds a mace in her left hand and supports the crown with her right hand. Garlands and drapery festoons hang on pediment and door frame. A grand curtain hangs down from the ceiling, falling behind the coat of arms. In doorway, a monk and a gentleman. Six dogs are on steps and street. On each side of the doorway, pairs of men. In graphite, one thin framing line.
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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1901-39-2182
objectType: label: Type
content: architecture, interiors
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Brush and gray wash, graphite; border and inscription in pen and brown ink on off-white laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: 51.1 x 34.2cm (20 1/8 x 13 7/16in.)