Design for a Painted Ceiling
date: label: Date
content: 1770–1800
name: label: Artist
content: Francesco Saverio Mergolo, Italian, 1746–1786
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Octagonal. A cupid sits upon clouds, raising with his right hand a burning heart. At right are two heads of cupis. Framed as a horzontal ovoid. Squared. On verso are accountings
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: 1938-88-6829
objectType: label: Type
content: figures
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Brush and black wash, black chalk on paper
label: Dimensions
content: 13.4 x 16.4 cm (5 1/4 x 6 7/16 in.)