Monument of King Louis XVI of France
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1795
name: label: Designer
content: Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Left row, above: the setting is as in 1938-88-1292 right. The sarcophagus is supported upon a base by two supports; it has the shape of a tub, and a pediment. Behind it is the straight wall, supporting above it a pedestal with the kneeling figure, and two female allegories sitting beside. Below: the right framing of the niche is indicated. Below is a pedestal with figures at he front and a putto sitting upon its upper edge. Upon it stands the sarcophagus covered partly by a cloth. Above is a sitting female allegory with the oval medallion, and a kneeling one supporting the crown above it (a variation of 1938-88-1296 with the executed entablature. Below is a pedestal with a relief at the front. The tub-like sarcophagus is supported by two crouching lions. Upon its cover stand two female allegories, leaning upon an oval medallion, which stands upon a trophy of arms, and supporting with their outside hands shields. Below, horizontally, the setting with the canopy is a variation of 1938-88-1292 left, the monument of left row above, with the elimination of the zone of the pediment. Only the right column is drawn, the entablature sketched.
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: 1938-88-1298
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: 27.1 x 20.2 cm (10 11/16 x 7 15/16 in.)