Design for a Fountain in a Pavilion
date: label: Date
content: 1785–90
name: label: Architect
content: Carlo Francesco Barabino, Italian, 1768 – 1835
label: Designer
content: Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: The pavilion consists of eight pairs (four are drawn) of columns supporting the entablature. Above is a cupola, with a female figure on top. The fountain has two basins, the upper one is supported by four (three are visible) standing figures from the mouths of which water pours, as it does in the center. Below is one half of the plan. Framing graphite line. On the verso of the upper slip are two scales, the lower one having been erased. On the entire verso is a blotter impression of a graphite drawing of a similar cupola. Plan and the caption: "Le colonne senzza soccolo che la base sola / sopra al pedestallo (?) col li socoli / 5 scalini all..? 4 il…(?) all…..(?) / con guesta prontà (?)". At right of the plan, "Ciniese (?)", evidently to connect to the upper motif.
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: 1938-88-2129
objectType: label: Type
content: architecture
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Graphite, brush and brown-yellow, gray wash on two pieces of paper, pasted together
label: Dimensions
content: 36.2 × 21.7 cm (14 1/4 × 8 9/16 in.)