Decoration of a Wall and Ceiling to be Executed in Stucco
date: label: Date
content: 1725–50
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Central panel has an escutcheon with a looking glass, two mermaids at the sides and a lion mask below. Lateral small panels provide for looking glasses above console tables, supported by three mermaids at left and a putto at right. The lower part of the ceiling is spherical, decorated with many frame motifs and in the center are two winged mermaids supporting garlands.
place: label: made in
content: 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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1901-39-1579
objectType: label: Type
content: interiors
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pen and ink, brush and watercolor on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 37.5 × 26.9 cm (14 3/4 × 10 9/16 in.)