Design for a Painted Oblong Ceiling
date: label: Date
content: 1700–25
name: label: Attributed to
content: Andrea Pazzi, Italian, active 18th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Horizontal format design for a painted oblong ceiling. Inscribed into an oblong frame is a view into a cupola from below. It has a hexagonal opening on top, and is supported by six supports consisting of pilasters and columns. They stand at the front of a gallery and are connected by parapets. In the bays above and below the cupola the sky is shown.
place: label: made in
content: possibly 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 from the Mary Hearn Greims Fund
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1940-21-37
objectType: label: Type
content: architecture, 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 gray watercolor, black crayon on paper
label: Dimensions
content: 32.8 × 38.5 cm (12 15/16 × 15 3/16 in.)