Sepulchral Monument for Nicola Spedalieri
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 woodland clearing just outside a city, a pedestal stands. A female genius holding a giant tiara and blowing a trumpet is seated atop it. At the bottom of the pedestal sit two more women: one, at left, holds a sheet of music; the other, at right, holds a compass, palette, and brushes. The pedestal in inscribed with: "QUI.GIACE.SPEDALIERI.CHE/ SCRISSE.QUID.EST.PAPA.CHE/ BENE.LE.ARTI.ET.LA.MUSICA/ E.BENE.LA.CRUDA.MORTE/ LO.RAPI.TUTTO.IN.VN.COLP(o)".
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: 1901-39-281
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 blued-white paper
label: Dimensions
content: 22.4 x 27.2 cm (8 13/16 x 10 11/16 in.)