Monument
date: label: Date
content: October 1796
name: label: Designer
content: Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: A bust of the cardinal stands upon a pedestal having the shape of the lower part of a column. It stands in the center of the upper edge of a broad pedestal. The bust is crowned with a wreath by Painting and Sculpture, whereas Mathematics carrying a sphere besides the compass, is seated beside the monument at right. A child with a cornucopia crouches at left. The front of the projecting central part of the lower pedestal is intended for the inscription. An obliquely shown half with an apse forms the backgruond.
place: label: made in
content: Rome, Italy
setName: label: See more items in
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: 1938-88-2098
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 off-white laid paper, lined
label: Dimensions
content: Image: 26.7 x 20.3 cm (10 1/2 x 8 in.)