Design for the Base of the Monument to Andrea Doria
date: label: Date
content: mid-1530s
name: label: Artist
content: Baccio Bandinelli, Italian, 1488-1560
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Decoration of statuary base for Genoese naval hero and imperial admiral Andrea Doria, whose successes are commemorated in the marine scene seen in the framed relief on the pedestal. Surrounding this scene are two cloaked herms, supporting capitals and the upper portion of the base. Turtles and sphinxes with fishtails and a satyr mask complete the decoration.
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: 1938-88-1741
objectType: label: Type
content: sculpture
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pen and brown ink, black chalk on off-white laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: 33.9 x 26.6 cm (13 3/8 x 10 1/2 in.)