Design for a sundial in a public place
date: label: Date
content: 1795
name: label: Designer
content: Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Below are five steps with a gentleman standing upon them at left, and a man sitting upon them at the front at right, with a woman standing nearby. Upon a square base with the inscription TRIVNFVM APOLINE / MDCCLXXXXV rises a huge pedestal. It has a fluted base in front of which two women sit, either one with a cornucopia, and connected by a garland, representing two of the elements. The main part of the pedestal has moldings below and above. At the front is the sundial. Above is a circular base with the flying Horae, connected or in front of festoons. On top is Apollo in his quadriga. Caption at right: Maniere p[er] collocare / un'Orologio solare / in una Publica / Piazza o villa / c[on] carro di Apollo / le ore nel Zoccolo / li quatro E[l]ementi che trionfano nel / la base segt[segnato] / il di Il Mag[gio] / 1795.
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: 1938-88-2105
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, graphite on off-white laid paper, lined
label: Dimensions
content: Image: 27.4 x 20.1 cm (10 13/16 x 7 15/16 in.)