Fountains; architectural details
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: A Doric column, with a figure standing upon a pavilion. It is build of blocks and consists of archways with obliquely disposed projecting pilasters at the corners and statues upon them. Water pours from the mouths of animals, grouped in pairs, and flanking a central motif. The left side of the pavilion with the lower part of the column and the column are shown in detail at left. Upper right corner: two stream gods leaning upon a vessel from which water pours. A variation of the design. The pilasters and statues are omitted; the stream gods are disposed in front of the corners. Statues upon pedestals are suggested near the rim of the basin. Bottom right, a shell is fastened to an oblique side of the pavilion. The water pours from the mouths of two dolphins the mouths of which are held open by mermen.
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: 1938-88-1797
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 off-white laid paper, lined
label: Dimensions
content: Image: 26.5 x 13.3 cm (10 7/16 x 5 1/4 in.)