Design for a Monument to Emperor Charles VI of Naples
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1735
name: label: Designer
content: Baldassare De Caro, Italian, active early 18th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Vertical rectangle. At upper left, an allegorical figure of Victory in flight crowns prince Charles VI, who is on horseback at the top of a pedestal upon a base. Minerva, goddess of war, leads his horse at the right and is identified by the helmet she wears. This group is flanked by Prudence (on left) and Justice (at right) on base. Fortune and Temperance recline on top of base. Squared for transfer. Scale at bottom.
place: label: made in
content: Naples, 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: 1938-88-2996
objectType: label: Type
content: sculpture
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 black wash, black chalk on cream laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: 41.7 x 27.2 cm (16 7/16 x 10 11/16 in.)