Copy of Competition Design by Vanvitelli for the Facade of S. Giovanni in Laterano
date: label: Date
content: 1763, after a drawing of 1732
name: label: After
content: Luigi Vanvitelli, Italian, 1700 – 1773
label: Architect
content: Unknown, Italian
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Steps lead to a colonnade. A loggia is in the upper story, closed by a wall with a window in its rear part. Many columns, pilasters and statues are used as decorations. A crouching figure holds a key in the right corner of the dado of the upper story.
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 and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1938-88-7445
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 black ink, brush and grey wash over graphite on laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: Sheet: 45.7 x 62.4 cm (18 x 24 9/16 in.)