Sepulchral Monument for Poet Pietro Chiari
date: label: Date
content: after 1795
name: label: Architect
content: Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: In a wooded clearing a pedestal stands upon three steps. The lower plinth is inscribed with "CHIARI RAPI CHI (?) NIENTE/ PREZZA/I SUOI TALE(n)TI VENIRIANO (?) ANORA". A fluted urn surrounded by a band and with two genii holding a portrait medallion crowns the pedestal. Figures of women kneel at the four corners of the plinth below the pedestal.
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: 1901-39-282
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, graphite, on paper
label: Dimensions
content: 22 x 26.6 cm (8 11/16 x 10 1/2 in.)