Design for a Baptismal Font
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1775
name: label: Designer
content: Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: The circular bowl is supported by lion feet, two are visible upon two plinths. From the feet rise volutes with cherubim on top. In the center, above the front, is a bowknot from which hang a circular medallion with the representation of the baptism of Christ, and festoons toward the below the cherubim. The lif is framed by a round base, with a group of sitting and kneeling angels upon clouds together supporting a high chalice with the host hovering above it. Usual background.
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: 1938-88-1417
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: 27.3 x 17.3 cm (10 3/4 x 6 13/16 in.)