Design for a Fountain in Honor of Emperor Napoleon
date: label: Date
content: 1796–1801
name: label: Designer
content: Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Horizontal rectangle. Shown obliquely from one of the statues. The enclosure of the round, probably ovoidal basin is shown at the back. In it rises a rock with four lateral lower ledges, upon which statues stand, Minerva at the front left, Neptune at right. The third visible one may represent Ceres. Upon the rock stands a circular pavilion with a colonnade and a dome, with a figure on top. Dark framing band.
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: 1938-88-1774
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 off-white laid paper, lined
label: Dimensions
content: Image: 22 x 34.9 cm (8 11/16 x 13 3/4 in.)