Design for a Fountain in a Park
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1790
name: label: Artist
content: Carlo Marchionni, Italian, 1702–1786
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: A circular bowl stands in the center of an oblong basin. A fountain springs in its center, and water pours into it from the mouths of two satyr masks at the top of the hermae. These stand upon dados, from which water pours into the basin at several places. Groups of trees are behind the fountain, permitting, in the middle, a view into the open country. Black framing line.
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: Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1931-73-170
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Black chalk, brush and watercolor on paper, mounted
label: Dimensions
content: 29.8 × 48.3 cm (11 3/4 in. × 19 in.)