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Design for an Illustration: "Architecture"

Cooper Hewitt

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    Object Details

    Artist

    Fedele Fischetti, Italian, 1734 - 1789

    Catalogue Status

    Research in Progress

    Description

    Standing among remains of classical architecture, a woman points at a plan held by two putti. She carries instruments for measurement in her left hand. A third putto measures a capital. Bordering line.
    Verso: fragment of a design; pencil, pen. Volutes are connected by intertwined bands.

    Credit Line

    Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund

    Date

    1760–89

    Accession Number

    1938-88-6454

    Restrictions & Rights

    CC0

    Type

    architecture

    Object Name

    Drawing

    Type

    Drawing

    Medium

    Brush and gray wash on cream laid paper, ruled border in pen and black ink

    Dimensions

    10.1 x 6.8 cm (4 x 2 11/16 in.)

    made in

    Italy

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    Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
    Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department

    Data Source

    Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

    Metadata Usage

    CC0

    Link to Original Record

    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4a8dcec56-f19f-40b4-ac4a-cd4e6f5ec5a1

    Record ID

    chndm_1938-88-6454

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