Project for a Sepulchral Monument (Mausoleum)
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1800
name: label: Architect
content: Mario Asprucci The Younger, Italian, 1764 – 1804
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Design for a sepulchral monument. The sheet is divided into two parts. The upper portion depicts the elevation of a domed/vaulted building, positioned on a multi-leveled platform. Flights of stairs lead up to the building (located on the third level). On the second level two fluted columns stand on either side of the building. They are toped with figures standing on spheres. At the first level of the platform there are two statues standing besides censers, and like the columns, these sculptural groupings are located on either side of the building. There is long horizontal freeze located at the center of the first level of the platform.
label: Description
content: The lower portion of the sheet depicts a half of the plan for the structure.
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: 1938-88-7170
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 black ink, brush and gray, green, blue, and brown wash, black chalk on paper, lined
label: Dimensions
content: 26.9 x 46.3 cm (10 9/16 x 18 1/4 in.)