Monument for a poet
date: label: Date
content: 1795–1809
name: label: Designer
content: Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: A sarcophagus which is topped by a stream god stands on a platform. Children with attritbutes of poetry sit before its corners. Inscription at the front side of the Sarcophagus: "QVI GIACE LARM. TIN (?) POETA TOSCANO / CHI DISSE(?)….CORONE(?) DI CRISTO / SCUSADOSI….NON LO CONO SCO / ANNO M". In landscape, tempetto in the left, houses in the right rear.
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: 1938-88-2122
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 gray wash on beige laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: Image: 22.2 x 27.9 cm (8 3/4 x 11 in.)