Monument of King Louis XVI of France
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1795
name: label: Designer
content: Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Standing in a niche. Below is the sarcophagus with on top a cushion upon which lies the crown and two crossed objects (mace and sword?). Behind the sarcophagus is a straight wall, up to the lower edge of the cushion. Upon it stands a pedestal, whose base is laterally elongated to give room for two sitting children, the left one supported fasces, the right carrying a cross. The pedestal has two offsets, the upper entirely, the lower partly covered by a fringed cloth. The front of the lower offset is decorated with a festoon. Above it are lying and seeking shelter two naked female allegories. On top stands a variation of the theme of the group in 1938-88-1289. Faith or Religion is standing at left, and she riases with her right hand a chalice, above which the Host floats in a glory of rays. The architectural decoration of the niche is outlined.
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: 1938-88-1290
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: 25.2 x 18.5 cm (9 15/16 x 7 5/16 in.)