The Column from the Temple of Solomon
date: label: Date
content: 1570–73
name: label: Maker
content: Nicolas Beatrizet, French, active in Rome, ca. 1515–65
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: This depicts the ancient marble column preserved in the Chapel of the Pieta in St. Peter's, Rome. It is a spiral column with the top half covered with a leafy vine ornamentation between a ring of acanthus leaves (at the middle) and another ring of acanthus leaves (at top), capped by an Ionic capital. The bottom half of the column is a fluted spiral. At the base is another row of acanthus leaves. This impression is a first state before the inscription.
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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 from Drawings and Prints Council Fund
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1999-60-1
objectType: label: Type
content: architecture
label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Engraving on white laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: 46.5 x 18.3 cm (18 5/16 x 7 3/16 in. )