Stage Design, Interior of Egyptian Temple
date: label: Date
content: 1810–30
name: label: Designer
content: Antonio Giuseppe Basoli, Italian, 1774–1843
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Horizontal rectangle. Interior of Egyptian temple with sarcophagi and sacred images. Two sphinxes on pedestals, one marked with five-pointed star. At center, sculpture with braziers provides interior light. Group of three robed figures walking at lower left, pair of figures at right walking in opposite direction up stairs.
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 and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1938-88-431
objectType: label: Type
content: theater
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pen and black and brown ink, brush and gray wash on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 37.5 × 55.9 cm (14 3/4 in. × 22 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Mat): 55.9 × 71.1 cm (22 × 28 in.)