Design for a Tomb
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1795
name: label: Designer
content: Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Upon a base stands a sarcophagus between putti similar to -1255 right. The putto, at left, carries branches, that at right sticks (?) in their outside hands. The pedestal with cover is fluted. ABove, stands a variation of -1259, the woman carries the cross in the left hand and supports a medallion with the right. Behind the upper part is a niche in the shape of -1350, with panels decorated with trophies of weapons. The niche is framed outside by a laurel moulding.
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: 1938-88-1260
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 brown ink, brush and brown wash on lined off-white laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: 27.2 x 17.6 cm (10 11/16 x 6 15/16 in.)