Object Details
Designer
Cesare Recanatini, Italian, 1823–1893
Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Horizontal format architectural drawing depicting a two-storied facade, with pedimented portico of eight Ionic columns, and behind a sloping roof, an additional story above the stage. Framing line in pen and ink. Probably designed as an engraving for a book.
Credit Line
Bequest of Erskine Hewitt
Date
ca. 1860
Accession Number
1938-57-1421
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Type
architecture
Object Name
Drawing
Type
Drawing
Medium
Brush and gray, blue watercolor, pen and ink on paper
Dimensions
18.8 × 25.6 cm (7 3/8 × 10 1/16 in.)
made in
Italy
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Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Link to Original Record
Record ID
chndm_1938-57-1421