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Design for ceiling decoration
Giuseppe Barberi18th century
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States
Horizontal rectangle. One quarter is shown. A hermae supports the panel of an arch. Two hermae supprot at right an entablature, which is parallel to the arch at left. Between the supports is a semi-circular representation of a chariot and soldiers. The attic is shown from below, over the entablature. A pointed arch was sketched first.
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Details
- Title: Design for ceiling decoration
- Creator: Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809
- Date Created: 18th century
- 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 on off-white laid paper, lined
- Credit line: Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund
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