Two Designs for the Elevation of a Monument
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: Crouching lions similar to 1938-88-1274 not holding a chain with their mouths. The pedestal rises between their backs. A woman with a helmet stands on top, raising with her left hand something like a compass. The lowered right hand holds something indistinct. A similar elevation is shown at right in small scale. The design of the pedestal is changed, showing less ornamentation. Colored background.
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: 1938-88-1276
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, graphite on lined off-white laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: 27.6 x 20.3 cm (10 7/8 x 8 in.)