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: A variation of 1938-88-1309. At the corners of the steps are the relevant motifs 1938-88-1315. The pedestal stands on top of the steps. The base below the mouldings, is heightened. The decoration of the front of the sarcophagus is a variation of that 1938-88-1297, a fleur-de-lis being inside the wreath. The decoration of the upper panels of the lateral parts, the figures sitting upon them and the entire upper part are variations of 1938-88-1315. At right is the sketched plan.
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: 1938-88-1316
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: 26.9 x 20.2 cm (10 9/16 x 7 15/16 in.)