Funeral Decorations for King Louis XVI of France
date: label: Date
content: 1793
name: label: Designer
content: Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Above at right: the elevation of a tomb structure. In front of the panels beside the door frame stand caryatids, in the shape of mourning women, and support the frieze, which is decorated with festoons. Above the cornices is pedestal with on top the motif of 1938-88-1308. Below: a base accessible by steps in the center, and with candelabra with flames at the corners; the right only is visible. On top of further steps is a pedestal having below a moulding above a panel with a row of figures. It is framed below and laterally by mouldings. Above stands the sarcophagus supported by two feet. It is angular. Around the upper edge is a band, bearing at the front the inscription LVIGI XV. Laterally are upon the band a lion mask with a ring. The pediment of the cover has a smaller width than the body. Beside at right are some lines of another sketch.
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: 1938-88-1314
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: 27.1 x 19.8 cm (10 11/16 x 7 13/16 in.)