Elevations for Two Triumphal Arches in Honor of the Emperor Napoleon
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1810
name: label: Designer
content: Luigi Cagnola, Italian, 1762 - 1833
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Top design shows five arches with Corinthian columns, festoons and statues flanking the badge of the Legion of Honor showing the head of Napoleon. The bottom design shows a Palladian archway with Doric columns, Corinthian pilasters, vases, and the badge of the Legion of Honor with an eagle facing left.
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: 1901-39-233
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 black ink with gray wash and traces of graphite on off-white wove paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 46 × 30.3 cm (18 1/8 × 11 15/16 in.)