Sarcophagus Figures
date: label: Date
content: 1821–22
name: label: Designer
content: Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Above, drawing of end of sarcophagus with man and woman shaking hands; between them statue of goddess on plinth. Background drapery knotted at upper corners. Below, (probably) drawing of two ends of sarcophagus, one with female figure, at left; and other, at right, male figure. Both with drapery backgrounds. Between them, sketch of strigils with central medallion of head in profile.
place: label: Place
content: Italy
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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1901-39-3556-3
objectType: label: Type
content: figures
label: Object Name
content: Sketchbook folio
label: Type
content: Sketchbook folio
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over black chalk on heavy white paper
label: Dimensions
content: 30.6 x 22.4 cm (12 1/16 x 8 13/16 in.)