Design for a Sepulchral Monument to King Louis XVI of France
date: label: Date
content: 1793
name: label: Artist
content: Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809
label: Dedicatee
content: Louis XVI, King of France
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: The flames burn in candelabra in the shape of vases, for which alternative suggestions are made. They stand upon the base at the ends of the steps. The panels and piers beside the door are decorated with a festoon. Above the entablature is above the door a triangular pediment with a head inside. The attic is only a little higher than the pediment. Above it stands a roudn pediment with a base. The upper part of the pedestal is decorated with two festoons supported by a bowknot. On top is a variation of the figure in 1938-88-1294, with an angel kneeling beow the raised arm. Below, inside the monument lies the crowning motif of 1938-88-1308.
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 and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1938-88-1301
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 brown wash on lined off-white laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: 27.6 x 19.4 cm (10 7/8 x 7 5/8 in.)