Cardinal Pamphili Villa, Facade Decorated for a Visit of Pope Clement XIII
date: label: Date
content: 1758–69
name: label: Designer
content: Paolo Posi, Italian, 1708 - 1776
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Shown is the elevation of a two-story villa, laterally connected by gateways with five-story houses of the same height; their corners are shown; the gateways are decorated with draperies, burning candles and garlands. The ground floor of the villa projects laterally; allegorical figural representations of "Religion", or "Church" and "Faith" are shown; the attic shows the coat of arms of the Pope, the attributes of his office, and urns containing fires; the coach with the Pope approaches from right; at left is a troupe of soldiers; framing lines below. Figures, carriages, and horses in foreground.
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: 1938-88-896
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 black ink, brush and gray, pink wash, graphite on white laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: 41.1 x 84.3 cm (16 3/16 x 33 3/16 in.)