Elevation of a public building
date: label: Date
content: 1787
name: label: Designer
content: Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Two wings of five bays and three stories each flank the central section, in which a colonnade with a projecting portico, eleven intercolumnar spaces in all, in the height of two stories supports an attic. A triangular pediment over the portico is included. On top is a loggia with seven intercolumnar spaces and with a triangular pediment. It is drawn over a formerly suggested tower. The wings are to be domed.
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: 1938-88-1114
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 lined off-white laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: 19.8 x 27 cm (7 13/16 x 10 5/8 in.)