Decoration for portrait of Pope Pius VI and royal couple
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1790
name: label: Architect
content: Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Vertical rectangle. In front of a curtain stands a support which has below the shape of a column. Obliquely fastened to it are two ovoidal frames in front of a trophy of colors. A putto is shown kneeling upon either frame raising crowns and mace. Above in the interval between the frames is a bearded head with a helmet. It supports another frame having on top two putti with the keys and the tiara. Colored background.
place: label: made in
content: 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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1901-39-1447
objectType: label: Type
content: ornament
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 off-white laid paper, lined
label: Dimensions
content: Image: 27.5 x 17.4 cm (10 13/16 x 6 7/8 in.)