Section of the Portico, Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome, Italy
date: label: Date
content: 1740–41
name: label: Artist
content: Ferdinando Fuga, Italian, 1699 - 1781
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Design shows wall elevation consisting of four doorways supported by a pair of pilasters. Greater in height than the others, the third doorway from the left has two pediments: a triangular inner one, and a rounded broken outer one. Surmounting this doorway is a lunette, with two sculpted cherubs bearing a roundel. Other lunettes of masks and garlands appear above other portals. Details of ceiling decorations at top.
place: label: Place
content: Rome, Italy
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: 1938-88-4597
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, pen and black ink on cream laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: 25.7 x 41 cm (10 1/8 x 16 1/8 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Mat: 40.6 x 55.9 cm (16 x 22 in.)