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Wall Decoration for Cosimo III de' Medici

Giovanni Battista Fogginica. 1690

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States

Vertical rectangle. Statue of the armoured king, galloping to the left (to be executed in high relief), standing upon a console before a background ofrose marble. Frame of metal with blue marble as inner part. On the top two winged putti upon a volute, holding with their right hands a blue ball with three golden lilies and lifting with their left hands a royal crown.

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  • Title: Wall Decoration for Cosimo III de' Medici
  • Creator: Giovanni Battista Foggini
  • Creator Lifespan: 1652/1725
  • Date Created: ca. 1690
  • Physical Dimensions: w422 x h652 cm
  • Type: Drawing
  • Rights: Museum purchase through gift of various donors
  • Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and watercolor, black chalk, graphite on white laid paper
  • Provenance: Giovanni Piancastelli
  • Paper Support: White laid paper
  • Markings: Marks: Sun in circle, above: S O
  • Exhibitions: see related/exhibitions
  • Dimensions: 65.2 x 42.2 cm (25 11/16 x 16 5/8 in.)
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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