Baptismal Font
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1775
name: label: Architect
content: Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: The bowl is supported by two plinths. The central part is shaped like a tablet, framed laterally by two gaines, and bearing an inscription in a wreath, formed by two branches. The diameter of the lid corresponds to that of the front. In front, cornices of a broken pediment from which festoons hang toward the gaines. At the ends of the cornices sit two angels with lily stems. They lean upon the round base of a statue of St. John the Baptist with shouldered cross staff.
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: 1938-88-1413
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, red ink on cream laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: 27.4 x 19.9 cm (10 13/16 x 7 13/16 in.)