Gateway of a villa
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1790
name: label: Designer
content: Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: The gateway is framed by two niches with fountains. These are flanked by pedestals with crouching lions shown in profile. The inner ones are in front of railings. The two wings are flanked by figures standing upon pedestals. Measurements are indicated. Above is a sketch of a left wing with a gaine with the bust of a bearded man carrying a flower basket upon the head, upon the pedestal. Below at left is a palm for a niche. Verso: sketches of plans in ink.
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: 1938-88-1758
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, red pencil on beige laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: Image: 19.7 x 26.8 cm (7 3/4 x 10 9/16 in.)