Facade with the Arms of Pope Benedict XIII, Santa Maria Sopra Minerva, Rome, Italy
date: label: Date
content: 18th century
name: label: Architect
content: Ferdinando Fuga, Italian, 1699 - 1781
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Elevation of the facade of Santa Maria Sopra Minerva. Upon the ends of the volutes in the second floor two angels are sitting; upon the couped pediment beside the escutcheon at left, allegorical sculpture of "Faith" (or "Religion") with the tablets of the law and a burning flame upon the head, at right St. Magdalene; above the middle of the central door, upon a console, a lying dog with a burning candle in his mouth. Commission for the Dominican Order.
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: 1938-88-3496
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 black ink, brush and gray wash on heavy cream laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: 63.5 x 46.4cm (25 x 18 1/4in.)