Sepulchral Monument for the Monk Bonafede
date: label: Date
content: 1800–1809
name: label: Architect
content: Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: In a woodland clearing, a river god crowned with laurel sits at lower right, his left arm over an urn, pouring water. At his right are an oar and a cornucopia. He points with his right hand to a monument surmounted by a bust of a man, which rests on a wreath. The monument is decorated with lyres and swags and bears the inscription: LA MORTE.CRUDEL/ NON.RAPISTI.UN/ MONACHO.SOL/ NEL.RAPIR.UN/ -BONAFEDE-/ LEVAST'I.A.MON/ UN.GENIO.CHE/ DE ILLUMINAR/ SEVIVA.
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: 1901-39-279
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 gray wash, graphite, on blued-white laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: 21.8 x 18.2 cm (8 9/16 x 7 3/16 in.)