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Monument for a poet

Cooper Hewitt

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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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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/kq44a957fdd-0f35-4129-ad12-837a4448e370

Record ID

chndm_1938-88-2122

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