Inkstand for the Viceroy Eugène de Beauharnais of Italy
date: label: Date
content: early 19th century
name: label: Designer
content: Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Intended to be executed in marble and gilt bronze. Below, an oblong pedestal, upon three steps supported by calices. Alternative designs are suggested for the protruding corners of the pedestal. Above these are standing women with cornucopias. The front of the pedestal is decorated like an entablature; in the frieze hang festoons with circular portrait medallions above them. In the center is an oblong pedestal with two griffins disposed obliquely at the corners, carrying a festoon. Between them is a tablet with relief showing two women, the left of whom wears a crescent in her hair. Above, sculpture in the round of two seated captives supporting a globe, showing Europe, upon their shoulders. At top, Saturn stands on one foot, supporting a dial marked with Roman numerals. Plan at upper right and inscription throughout.
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: 1901-39-1518
objectType: label: Type
content: metalwork
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, graphite, on off-white laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: 42.7 x 31.8 cm (16 13/16 x 12 1/2 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Mat: 55.9 × 40.6 cm (22 × 16 in.)