Design for a Monument of King Louix XVI of France
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1795
name: label: Designer
content: Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: The elevation of a sepulchral tower. Below are some steps. The door case is projecting and it is laterally elongated by parapets with urns with flames at their ends. Above the entablature sits upon a base. Faith or Religion, supporting with her right hand a medallion standing in her lap, raising with her right hand a monstrance. Beside her is the continuation of the wall shaped like a pedestal. Above it stands a kind of sepulchral urn, with on top a fleur-de-lis upon a base. Usual background.
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: 1938-88-1294
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: 25.3 x 17.6 cm (9 15/16 x 6 15/16 in.)