Designs for a Capital, Sarcophagus, and Relief
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1840
name: label: Designer
content: Romolo Achille Liverani, Italian, 1809 - 1872
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Vertical rectangle. Capital at top, seen from above; two dolphins support a shell at its front. At center, the right corner of the sarcophagus is visible, with a pillar at the corner and a medallion with a shell rosette and bust of a figure. Part of a vase is shown at left in front of the sarcophagus. Below, a relief fragment with the head of a woman adorned by a wreath; beside her a pan flute and clarinet.
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: 1938-88-514
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 bistre, gray watercolor, graphite on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 20.9 × 10 cm (8 1/4 × 3 15/16 in.)