Two Sketches for a Sepulchral Monument
date: label: Date
content: 1820–35
name: label: Architect
content: Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Obverse: A pedestal stands upon a podium in whose middle are steps. A sarcophagus is in front of the central part of the pedestal. Upon the pedestal stands a group, as also in 1901-39-1366.
label: Description
content: Reverse: A rough sketch of a pedestal on top of steps with a crown and and a cross on top. In front of the pedestal is the sarcophagus with some of the figures aound it. Two candelabra are at the corners in front, compare with 1901-04-1366.
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: 1901-39-244
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, graphite on off-white laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: 15.6 x 13.3 cm (6 1/8 x 5 1/4 in.)