Design for a Sepulchral Monument to King Louis XVI of France
date: label: Date
content: 18th century
name: label: Artist
content: Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809
label: Dedicatee
content: Louis XVI, King of France
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Vertical rectangle. A variation of 1938-88-1303, the door frame being somewhat similar to 1938-88-1337. The panels beside the door openings are decorated with a festoon supported by lion masks. The pedestal is shorter and has a greater diameter. In the acroteria are heads. On top is a classical warrior raising with his left hand a chalice with the Host above. Alternative suggestions are made for the candelabra. Inside as 1938-88-1301. The lateral pillars similar to 1938-88-1288 with one section of the entablature more.
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: 1938-88-1287
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 paper
label: Dimensions
content: Image: 58.2 x 35.4 cm (22 15/16 x 13 15/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Mat: 71.3 x 56 cm (28 1/16 x 22 1/16 in.)