Monument, column and spiral staircase
date: label: Date
content: 1746-1809
name: label: Designer
content: Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: A similar elevation as in -1277 in shown at the top. The left forearm of the woman leans upon the head of the lion. Two similar groups are shown in the left centerl one of the women holds a lance. A crouching lion is shown in profile, turned toward left, in the top center. Top center: the elevation of a monumental column, below it is a section of a spiral staircase, beside, at right, its plan. Two sketches deal with the order of two spiral flights of stairs. One sketch unites the spiral with a straight flight of stairs.
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: 1938-88-1281
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: 27.7 x 20.3 cm (10 7/8 x 8 in.)