Design for Stuart Monument
date: label: Date
content: 1793
name: label: Designer
content: Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Intended to be erected in the intercolumniation between two embedded columns, which support an entablature. At left: upon a high pedestal stands a base with two stpes and a plinth and upon it the statue of a ruler in classical attire, extending the right arm, with the mace. Beside him stands upon the upper step a putto supporting a shield and raising the sword. Another sits upon teh same step, at he other side. A third kneels at right upon the lower step, supporting a festoon and possibly the shield. The corners of the steps are bevelled. A canopy hanging from above, forms the background of the group. In front of the pedestal stands the sarcophagus upon a pedestal. Its body is tub-like. Upon the cover two putti, an escutcheon with a crown on top. The second design is at right without framing line; in a smaller scale, the entablature. The sarcophagus is supported by a high pedestal' upon its cover kneel, respectively sit, two winged figures and support a medallion with a portrait, and on top the crown. The main part of the pedestal consists of an oblong panel with a relief. Laterally are gaines with a head above. Above the entablature is a triangular pediment with two female allegories sitting upon it.
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: 1938-88-1292
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: 27.1 x 20 cm (10 11/16 x 7 7/8 in.)