Stage Design, Prison Interior with the Death of Socrates
date: label: Date
content: early 19th century
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 antique prison with high vaults. In foreground, group of figures in conversation with seated prisoner to whom they seem to offer the poisoned drink meant to kill him, likely an illustration of the death of Socrates.
place: label: made in
content: Milan, 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: 1938-88-436
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 brown ink, brush and gray and black wash on off-white laid paper, partially laid down on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 37.9 × 56.5 cm (14 15/16 × 22 1/4 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (mat): 55.9 × 71.1 cm (22 × 28 in.)