Design for a Sepulchral Monument to King Louis XVI of France
date: label: Date
content: 1793
name: label: Artist
content: Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809
label: Dedicatee
content: Louis XVI, King of France
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Beside the steps are at left a tripod with a bowl and a flame, at right a candelabrum with a burning candle. The front of the upper part of the lower pedestal represents that of the sarcophagus bearing an inscription. The upper edge is similar to 1938-88-1297. The lower part of the upper pedestal is decorated with a festoon. The column has no calyx. The angel is kneeling. Center below is a small plan of the monument.
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: 1938-88-1300
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 brown ink, brush and brown wash on lined off-white laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: 27.6 x 20.1 cm (10 7/8 x 7 15/16 in.)