Fountain and Grotto
date: label: Date
content: 1800–1830
name: label: Architect
content: Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: The rim of the basin is shown at the bottom. A dragon seated in a cave allows water to fall from his raised mouth. Three women sleep on the rocky walls of the cave. Above is a rustic wall with a niche containing the group of Hercules having taken the apples of the Hesperides after Atlas took back the sphere.
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: 1901-39-397
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, bistre on off-white laid paper, lined
label: Dimensions
content: 24.6 x 39.2 cm (9 11/16 x 15 7/16 in.)