Object Details
Designer
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809
Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
A Doric column, with a figure standing upon a pavilion. It is build of blocks and consists of archways with obliquely disposed projecting pilasters at the corners and statues upon them. Water pours from the mouths of animals, grouped in pairs, and flanking a central motif. The left side of the pavilion with the lower part of the column and the column are shown in detail at left. Upper right corner: two stream gods leaning upon a vessel from which water pours. A variation of the design. The pilasters and statues are omitted; the stream gods are disposed in front of the corners. Statues upon pedestals are suggested near the rim of the basin. Bottom right, a shell is fastened to an oblique side of the pavilion. The water pours from the mouths of two dolphins the mouths of which are held open by mermen.
Credit Line
Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund
Date
ca. 1795
Accession Number
1938-88-1797
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Type
architecture
Object Name
Drawing
Type
Drawing
Medium
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, lined
Dimensions
Image: 26.5 x 13.3 cm (10 7/16 x 5 1/4 in.)
made in
Rome, Italy
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Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Link to Original Record
Record ID
chndm_1938-88-1797