Decoration of a Panel
date: label: Date
content: 1775–90
name: label: Architect
content: Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Below, in the center, is a circular altar; beside it are two figures upon bases. They are connected with the altar by a festoon and with each other by a hemicycle. Upon the latter stand two gaine candelabra with winged busts on top which support the oblong frame of a landscape. Beside it are stems rising from scrolls of the candelabra, dividing above into scrolls. Above, are two half figures raising a wreath over an eagle. Two putti stand upon the frame.
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: 1938-88-1443
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 cream laid paper, lined
label: Dimensions
content: 24 x 10.6 cm (9 7/16 x 4 3/16 in.)