Decorative Motifs, Three Designs for Fountains
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1840
name: label: Designer
content: Romolo Achille Liverani, Italian, 1809 - 1872
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Horizontal rectangle with multiple designs for fountains and decoration. Left row: above, an elephant ridden by a noble person shaded under an umbrella. Below, a fountain on which two boys are struggling against a dragon, from whose mouth the water springs. Second row: above, a fountain with two male mermaids supporting the basin, together with a central support. Below, the left half of a decorated fountain with the water pouring from an urn held by a seated male figure. At left, the upper part of a rampant dragon. At right, designs for armor, helmet, and weapons. At upper right, design for a frieze including cupids with swords, shields, and helmets. Below, a male mermaid raising a spear or triton, a lion behind him.
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: 1938-88-513
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 black ink, brush and bistre, gray watercolor, graphite on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 20.8 × 32.2 cm (8 3/16 × 12 11/16 in.)