Sepulchral Monument
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1760
name: label: Architect
content: Mauro Antonio Tesi, Italian, 1730 - 1766
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Design for a sepulchral monument. Elevation view. Staircases lead up to a platform in the center of which stands a sarcophagus upon a pedestal supported by winged skulls. A reclining female statue lies upon the sarcophagus. She holds a stick surrounded by a snake. At the base of the monument, at the corners, stand two female statues. In their gesture, they point toward the sarcophagus. Double columns support an arch and a square dome decorated, at the center, with a medallion supported by two cupids. The sarcophagus is positioned directly below the dome. On top of the dome stand two female statues beside a pedestal with a vase. Next to the columns, on the exterior, are two burning candelabra.
place: label: made in
content: Bologna, 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: 1938-88-4499
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 paper
label: Dimensions
content: 39.3 x 32.6 cm (15 1/2 x 12 13/16 in.)