Design for a Fountain
date: label: Date
content: mid- 17th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Vertical rectangle. From among stones rises a round pedestal. Above it stands a sculpted figure of a boy upon a row of dolphins carrying in his raised arms a shell. In it stands a base with a dancing child, the water pours from the base, from the hands and possibly from the right raised foot of the boy. At the left and right edges are parts of sketches of fountain figures. The latter belongs to a corresponding part in 1938-88-553. Verso: At left sketch of a fountain: a young man stands upon a base from which water pours. Part of the sketch continues on the verso of 1938-88-553. At right, sketch of the cresting of a processional stick and part of a sketch of a dancing child. Below is a part of pen scratching.
place: label: made in
content: Bologna, 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: 1938-88-552
objectType: label: Type
content: sculpture
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 blue wash on off-white laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 14.8 × 8.9 cm (5 13/16 × 3 1/2 in.)