Design for the North Portal, Grand Gallery, Villa Albani, Rome, Italy
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1755
name: label: Designer
content: Carlo Marchionni, Italian, 1702–1786
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Above the straight entablature are two crouching sphinxes and two dolphins beside a pedestal with an urn, from which garlands drag, crossing each other and landing upon the backs of the sphinxes. In front of the pedestal is a mask. A griffin in profile appears on either side of the entablature. The center relief is not executed. The door is framed by pilasters with Corinthian capitals on either side, and larger columns with garlands at the top appear on either side of the doorcase or doorframe. In the door opening are two men. One of them appears to have a drawing under his left arm and is in conversation with the gentleman beside him.
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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1901-39-2180
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 brown ink, brush and brown, gray wash, graphite on cream laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: 34.6 x 24.3 cm (13 5/8 x 9 9/16 in.)