Altar to Apollo from the Villa di Cicerone, after a print by Piranesi
date: label: Date
content: late 18th century
name: label: Attributed to
content: Donato Vaselli, Italian
label: After
content: Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian, 1720–1778
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Perspective view of the Apollo altar, decorated with the heads and feet of lions, figures, a crab, fruit, and ornamental patterns. Rendering shows effects of light and of the floor. Two framing lines.
place: label: made in
content: Rome, 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 and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1938-88-480
objectType: label: Type
content: furniture
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pen and ink, brush and watercolor on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 40.6 × 33.8 cm (16 in. × 13 5/16 in.)