Object Details
Designer
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809
Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
A sarcophagus which is topped by a stream god stands on a platform. Children with attritbutes of poetry sit before its corners. Inscription at the front side of the Sarcophagus: "QVI GIACE LARM. TIN (?) POETA TOSCANO / CHI DISSE(?)….CORONE(?) DI CRISTO / SCUSADOSI….NON LO CONO SCO / ANNO M". In landscape, tempetto in the left, houses in the right rear.
Credit Line
Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund
Date
1795–1809
Accession Number
1938-88-2122
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Type
architecture
Object Name
Drawing
Type
Drawing
Medium
Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash on beige laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 22.2 x 27.9 cm (8 3/4 x 11 in.)
made in
Rome, Italy
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Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Link to Original Record
Record ID
chndm_1938-88-2122