Design for Dedication Page to Charles III of Spain and the Two Sicilies
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1762
name: label: Artist
content: Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Italian, 1692 - 1770
notes: label: Description
content: At center, a winged figure of Glory alights from left and places the sculpted bust of King Charles III on a pedestal decorated with swags and a cartouche. In the foreground, a putto seen from behind sits amid symbols of the arts and war. Another putto hovers in mid-air to the right of the pedestal. In the background, a group of figures stand beneath a partial view of colonnaded temple and figure in upper left corner. This design was made for a book on the ruins of Paestum, which was commissioned by Charles III of Spain and published in 1770. The dedication page was engraved by Volpato after this drawing.
place: label: made in
content: Madrid, Spain
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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: Bequest of Erskine Hewitt
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1938-57-219-a
objectType: label: Type
content: figures
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 wash, black chalk on white laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 35.4 x 24.5cm (13 15/16 x 9 5/8in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Mat: 55.9 x 40.6 cm (22 x 16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Frame H x W x D: 60.3 x 44.8 x 2.5 cm (23 3/4 in. x 17 5/8 in. x 1 in.)