Sketches of Campanile of San Zeno, Verona, Italy
date: label: Date
content: late 19th century
name: label: Artist
content: Whitney Warren Jr., American, 1864–1943
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Horizontal sheet folded and tipped into binding creating two drawing surfaces. At left is an elevation of a Romanesque style campanile, while to the right is a section through of the same structure showing its stories and also a round arched interior structure on the first and fourth stories. This sketch also indicates the wall thickness with dimensions taken at various heights. The right side of the sheet is a view in plan and section of the first loggia of the campanile, consisting of four sides each with a triple arcade supported by two slender columns. There are further inscriptions about the dimensions of the architectural elements throughout.
place: label: made in
content: Verona, Italy
label: place depicted
content: Verona, 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: Gift of Mrs. William Greenough
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1943-51-294
objectType: label: Type
content: architecture
label: Object Name
content: Album page
label: Type
content: Album page
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Graphite on very smooth, off-white wove paper, folded and tipped into binding with fabric
label: Dimensions
content: Sheet: 30.8 x 41.8 cm (12 1/8 x 16 7/16 in.), irregular