Entablature of an altar in Villa Derossi
date: label: Date
content: 1780–1790
name: label: Designer
content: Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Above are the cornices of an entablature, with, below, at left, a capital with an eagle in front, and a frieze with a rinceau springing from an acanthus calix. A lion is entwined by the rinceau. The outlines of the cresting -1789 are sketched in graphite in place of the cornices. Caption above, at right: "Villa Derossi / sotto la Cimaze del'Ara nel bosco". Unusual 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: 1938-88-1788
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 off-white laid paper, lined
label: Dimensions
content: Image: 8.2 x 13.8 cm (3 1/4 x 5 7/16 in.)