Design for a Domed Classical Temple with Portico
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1780
name: label: Architect
content: Unknown, Italian
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Circular, domed temple in elevation and plan, with a portico and triangular pediment. Portico supported by Corinthian columns which also decorate the temple exterior. Frieze above door with siren whose double tail ends in rinceaux design; panels on either side of door with rinceaux or fish relief.
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: 1938-88-7159
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 brush and black ink, black wash, blue and brown watercolor, black chalk on heavy cream laid paper, ruled border in brush and black ink
label: Dimensions
content: 49.6 x 33.8 cm (19 1/2 x 13 5/16 in. )