Façade with the Albani Arms
date: label: Date
content: 1730s
name: label: Artist
content: Carlo Marchionni, Italian, 1702–1786
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Vertical rectangle. Building with two stories, the lower with five divisions and the upper with three. Stairs lead to the lateral left door and parallel to the façade to a ramp in front of the central part. At right, oblique stairs lead simultaneously to the lateral door and the ramp. The three doorcases are topped by a coat of arms, at left and in the center identified as that of the Albani. Tablets are above the door frames at left and in the center, respectively, with the inscriptions: ALEXANDER ALBANVS; ANNIBAL ALBANVS; posts are at the foot of the ramp.
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: 1938-88-498
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 gray wash, black chalk on white wove paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 48.3 x 42.1 cm (19 in. x 16 9/16 in.)