Project for a Fountain
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1780
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: A fountain whose central basin stands upon a high shaft expels water through a pinecone finial. Lions sit upon a lobed lower basin, with water flowing from their mouths. Figure groups surround the fountain. At front, a ruined obelisk with the suggestion of hieroglyphs.
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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1901-39-364
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 watercolor, gouache on off-white laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: 57.8 x 42. 2 cm (22 3/4x 16 5/8 in.)