Studies for a Sepulchral Monument, possibly commissioned by King John II of Portugal-Brazil (1815-1826)
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1820
name: label: Maker
content: Camillo Gajani, Italian
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: At top half of sheet, elevation of sculptural tomb: flights of steps lead to a platform with candelabra faintly indicated at the corners. On this level is a pedestal base showing a relief, representing the death of a classical painter (?); the relief is flanked by the personifications of Architecture at left, and a woman holding a wreath at the right. Above, a winged classical male nude (a genius figure), holding a wreath in his outstretched right hand, stands in front of the sarcophagus, which is supported by crouching lions. The side of the sarcophagus is decorated with a relief showing a medallion portrait of a man, wearing a wig, above a festoon. At the bottom of the sheet, at the lower left, is a rough sketch of a draped woman; to the right of lower center is a mourning woman leaning against the corner of a pedestal or sarcophagus. On the verso is a fragment of a caption.
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: 1901-39-2545
objectType: label: Type
content: architecture
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Graphite, pen, and brown ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: 38.9 x 33.4 cm (15 5/16 x 13 1/8 in. )