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Sepulchral Monument for the Poet Colte, of Rome
Giuseppe Barberi1795–1809
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States
A pyramid monument decorated with a lyre within a laurel wreath, and the child figures of Romulus and Remus with the she-wolf. On either side, a brazier with birds. Inscription at front.
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- Title: Sepulchral Monument for the Poet Colte, of Rome
- Creator: Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809
- Date Created: 1795–1809
- 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 beige laid paper
- Credit line: Museum purchase through gift of various donors
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