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Sepulchral Monument for Poet Pietro Chiari
Giuseppe Barberiafter 1795
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States
In a wooded clearing a pedestal stands upon three steps. The lower plinth is inscribed with "CHIARI RAPI CHI (?) NIENTE/ PREZZA/I SUOI TALE(n)TI VENIRIANO (?) ANORA". A fluted urn surrounded by a band and with two genii holding a portrait medallion crowns the pedestal. Figures of women kneel at the four corners of the plinth below the pedestal.
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Details
- Title: Sepulchral Monument for Poet Pietro Chiari
- Creator: Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809
- Date Created: after 1795
- Location Created: Italy
- Original Source: See this work of art on the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum website
- Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, graphite, on paper
- Credit line: Museum purchase through gift of various donors
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